Do you know of Pleasant Ridge (aka 'Mount Pleasant') ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pleasant Ridge. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Pleasant Ridge.
Our sources for Pleasant Ridge (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Pleasant Ridge other than they indicate that Pleasant Ridge would be found somewhere in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1862 and closed in 1895.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Pleasant Ridge ...
We found 53 communities that share the name Pleasant Ridge.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Pleasant Ridge.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 51 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 51 communities, 52 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pleasant Ridge [Atchison County].
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pleasant Ridge [Crawford County].
- Atchison County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pleasant Ridge [Calhoun County].
- Cullman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pleasant Ridge [Cullman County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pleasant Ridge [Franklin County].
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pleasant Ridge [Greene County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pleasant Ridge [Marion County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pleasant Ridge [Pike County].
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pleasant Ridge [Benton County].
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pleasant Ridge [Boone County].
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pleasant Ridge [Carroll County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pleasant Ridge [Pulaski County].
- Florida
- Walton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pleasant Ridge [Walton County].
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pleasant Ridge [Fulton County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pleasant Ridge [Madison County].
- Indiana
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pleasant Ridge [Jasper County].
- Jay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pleasant Ridge [Jay County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pleasant Ridge [Daviess County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pleasant Ridge [Lawrence County].
- Ohio County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pleasant Ridge [Ohio County].
- Louisiana
- La Salle Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pleasant Ridge [La Salle Parish].
- Maine
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Pleasant Ridge [Somerset County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Pleasant Ridge [Frederick County].
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pleasant Ridge [Oakland County].
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pleasant Ridge [Attala County].
- Itawamba County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pleasant Ridge [Itawamba County].
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pleasant Ridge [Jones County].
- Oktibbeha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pleasant Ridge [Oktibbeha County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pleasant Ridge [Union County].
- Missouri
- Barry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pleasant Ridge [Barry County].
- Bates County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pleasant Ridge [Bates County].
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pleasant Ridge [Harrison County].
- Texas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pleasant Ridge [Texas County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Pleasant Ridge.
- New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pleasant Ridge [Roosevelt County].
- New York
- Dutchess County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pleasant Ridge [Dutchess County].
- North Carolina
- Gaston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pleasant Ridge [Gaston County].
- Pitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pleasant Ridge [Pitt County].
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pleasant Ridge [Wilkes County].
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pleasant Ridge [Hamilton County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pleasant Ridge [Union County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pleasant Ridge [Fulton County].
- Tennessee
- Cannon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pleasant Ridge [Cannon County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pleasant Ridge [Franklin County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pleasant Ridge [Knox County].
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pleasant Ridge [Putnam County].
- Texas
- Henderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pleasant Ridge [Henderson County].
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pleasant Ridge [Leon County].
- Panola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pleasant Ridge [Panola County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pleasant Ridge [Fairfax County].
- Virginia Beach City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pleasant Ridge [Virginia Beach City].
- Wisconsin
- Clark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Pleasant Ridge [Clark County].
- Iowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Pleasant Ridge [Iowa County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pleasant Ridge ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pleasant Ridge:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pleasant Ridge - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Leavenworth County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Leavenworth County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Pleasant Ridge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |