About Plains, Texas

Plains is a town and the county seat of Yoakum County, located on U.S. Highway 82, thirteen miles east of the New Mexico border. W. J. Luna founded and named the community in 1905, and it became the county seat when Yoakum County was organized in 1907. The 2020 census recorded 1,355 residents.

  • Early Miller HomesteadA family named Miller became the area's first settlers, claiming a homestead in the late 1800s.
  • Townsite GiftsLuna gave a townsite lot to every voter and provided land for both Yoakum County Cemetery and Plains Cemetery.
  • Oil DiscoveryAfter oil was discovered in 1936, Plains and Yoakum County experienced steady growth, though the absence of a railroad limited the pace.
  • Bonus Shack MuseumA small 1903 shack once used to satisfy land-title occupancy requirements is preserved in Plains as a museum.
  • Draw Turned ParkSulphur Springs Draw is now a park; its springs dried after groundwater pumping for irrigation and municipal use.

Find your street

Names on the Plains map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks3

  • Plains City Hall
  • Stanford Park
  • Cowboy Field

Streets and roads31

  • Cowboy Way
  • 17 Th Street
  • Tenth Street
  • First Street
  • 17th Street
  • Beanes Place
  • Five North
  • Eighth Street
  • Second Street
  • Eleventh Street
  • Third Street
  • Avenue East
  • Fourth Street
  • Ferrel Avenue
  • Quanah Parker Street
  • Ninth Street
  • 13th Street
  • Twelfth Street
  • Fifth Street
  • Copeland Avenue
  • Seventh Street
  • Poplar Avenue
  • 16th Street
  • Moreland Street
  • Sixth Street
  • 15th Street
  • Avenue North
  • Elm Place
  • 14th Street
  • Ellison Place
Show all 31 streets
  • Ferrell Avenue

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

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