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Welcome to Pleasant Grove ...

Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County<1>.


The location of Pleasant Grove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1815.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.

Pleasant Grove is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Pleasant Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Pleasant Grove: (336)

Websites for Pleasant Grove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.alamancechamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Pleasant Grove, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Pleasant Grove ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County, we know of another 7 North Carolina communities named Pleasant Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Alleghany, Buncombe, Burke, Caswell, Duplin, Northampton and Washington County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 99 communities that are also named Pleasant Grove - they are located in Alabama (11), Arkansas (5), California (2), Florida (5), Georgia (7), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (4), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), New Jersey (2), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (11), Texas (9), Utah and Virginia (5).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.

Communities near Pleasant Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pleasant Grove.

  • Burlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mebane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
    • Mebane is located in Alamance County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <4>
  • Graham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Graham is located in Alamance County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,766 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <4>
  • Elon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Elon is located in Alamance County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
  • Gibsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillsborough
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elon College
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elon College came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon College
    • Elon College is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elon College <4>
  • Haw River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haw River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw River
    • Haw River is located in Alamance County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haw River <4>
  • Green Level
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Level have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
    • Green Level is located in Alamance County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
  • Yanceyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pleasant Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pleasant Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Pleasant Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Grove ...

Looking for more information about Pleasant Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pleasant Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant Grove.

Adding Pleasant Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pleasant Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pleasant Grove post office opened in 1815.

We also found Pleasant Grove in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasant Grove.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Alamance County: www.alamance-nc.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Alamance, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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