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Bellview Community and School

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FM 789, 9 mi. SE, Plainview, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 5' 57.95099999988", -101° 36' 48.8424200004"
 
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    Much of this rural community's early social and religious history is closely associated with its schoolhouses. Area residents built their first schoolhouse in 1903, one year after organizing a rural school district. Named for trustee John Bell, the Bellview School began with 12 students. A 4-room school building erected near here in 1918 was the site of social and church activities for the next four decades. Bellview School was merged with Plainview schools in 1942. The last Bellview School building, once the center of community activity, fell into disrepair and was razed in 1968. 1992

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Bellview Community and School Historical Marker Location Map, Plainview, Texas