Welcome to Pleasant Run ...

Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Run, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

Pleasant Run is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Pleasant Run ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Pleasant Run ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Jersey communities named Pleasant Run: This one is located in Hunterdon County and the other is located in Burlington County.

Beyond New Jersey, there are 9 communities that are also named Pleasant Run - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pleasant Run ...

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

• New Brunswick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
  • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
• Plainfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
• Lambertville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville
  • Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
• Clinton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• New Hope
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hope <3>
• Flemington
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flemington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
  • Flemington is located in Hunterdon County
• Whitehouse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
  • Whitehouse is located in Hunterdon County
• Woodfern
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfern
  • Woodfern is located in Somerset County
• Allerton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
  • Allerton is located in Hunterdon County
• Cherryville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
  • Cherryville is located in Hunterdon County

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 Run. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Run.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pleasant Run. 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 Run.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Run ...

Looking for more information about Pleasant Run? 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 Run, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant Run.

Adding Pleasant Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Run 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 Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasant Run post office opened in 1856.

We also found Pleasant Run in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/