Do you know of Point Pleasant ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Point Pleasant. 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 Point Pleasant.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Point Pleasant, so we are uncertain whether Point Pleasant is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Point Pleasant would be found somewhere in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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 Point Pleasant ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Point Pleasant.

Within Massachusetts, the name Point Pleasant is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Sacramento County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Point Pleasant [Sacramento County].
- Florida
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Point Pleasant [Marion County].
- Illinois
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Point Pleasant [Jasper County].
- Iowa
  - Hardin 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 Iowa community of Point Pleasant [Hardin County].
- Kentucky
  - Ohio County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Point Pleasant [Ohio County].
- Louisiana
  - Claiborne Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Point Pleasant [Claiborne Parish].
  - Morehouse Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Point Pleasant [Morehouse Parish].
  - Plaquemines Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Point Pleasant [Plaquemines Parish].
  - Tensas 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 Point Pleasant [Tensas Parish].
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Point Pleasant [Anne Arundel County].
- Missouri
  - New Madrid County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Point Pleasant [New Madrid County].
- New Jersey
  - Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Point Pleasant [Ocean County].
  - Sussex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Point Pleasant [Sussex County].
- New York
  - Chautauqua County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Point Pleasant [Chautauqua County].
  - Monroe 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 New York community of Point Pleasant [Monroe County].
- Ohio
  - Clermont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Clermont County].
  - Gallia 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 Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Gallia County].
  - Guernsey County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Guernsey County].
  - Hocking County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Hocking County].
  - Paulding County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Paulding County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Point Pleasant.
- Pennsylvania
  - Bucks County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Point Pleasant [Bucks County].
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Point Pleasant.
- South Carolina
  - Charleston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Point Pleasant [Charleston County].
- Tennessee
  - Cocke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Point Pleasant [Cocke County].
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Point Pleasant [Decatur County].
- Virginia
  - Bland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Point Pleasant [Bland County].
- West Virginia
  - Mason County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Point Pleasant [Mason County].

More Orphans in Worcester 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 Worcester County.

Ashburnam Center
Ashburnham Junction	New Braintree Station
Athol Center	New England Village
Athol Depot	Nipmuck Pond
	North Ashburnham Station
Barber	North Brookfield Center
Barber's Crossing	North Lancaster
Barre Center	North Oxford Mills
Bates Crossing	North Oxford Station
Berlin Station	North Smithfield
Bolton Station	Northborough Center
Brookfield Center	Northbridge Compact
Brooks Station	Northridge
Burrageville
	Old Furnace
Camp Grounds	Oxford Center
Chaffin
Charlton Center	Pages Beach
Charlton Station	Perry's
Clappville	Phillipston Station
Cleghorn	Podunk
Clinton Junction	Prentice Gardens
Clintonville	Princeton Depot
Coldbrook Station
Coldbrook	Quinsigamond
Creamery
	Royalston Station
Dudley Hill	Rutland Center
	Rutland Summit
East Douglass Station
East Fitchburg	Shrewsburty
East Hubbardston	South Clinton
East Webster	South Grafton
East Worcester	South Uxbridge
Elmdale	South Westminster
	Southboro
Farnums	Southbridge Center
Federal	Spencer Center
Fort Devens	State Line Station
	Stone's Crossing
Gardner Station	Strafford
Grafton Center
Greenwood	Thayer
	Turnpike
Hardwick Center	Twin City Plaza
Hardwick Station
Harwoods	Union Point
Heywood	Uxbridge Center
Hopedale Center
Hospital Station	Waites
Howarts	Warren Center
	Washacum
Lake Quinsigamond Shore	Waterford
Lancaster Center	Webster Center
Leicester Center	Webster Junction
Leominster Centre	Webster Mills
Lincoln Square	West Berlin Junction
	West Brookfield Center
Milbury Junction	West Gardner
Milbury	Westminster Depot
Milford Center	Westminster Station
Millville Center	Whitins
Mount Saint James	Woonsocket Junction
Mount Wachusett	Woonsocket

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Point Pleasant 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.