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Welcome to Pleasant Hill Station ...

Pleasant Hill Station is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Hill Station, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Hill Station: Pleasant Hill Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Pleasant Hill Station is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pleasant Hill Station lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Pleasant Hill Station: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Pleasant Hill Station ...

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

  • Selma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Selma is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <4>
  • Mosses
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Mosses is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Gordonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Orrville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Apple
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Benton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Benton is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Oak Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Oak Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Richmond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Carlowville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Carlowville is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlowville
  • Minter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Minter is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Hill Station ...

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

Adding Pleasant Hill Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Hill Station 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 (so far) for Pleasant Hill Station was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasant Hill Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Hill Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Pleasant Hill Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Pleasant Hill Station area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.