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Welcome to Pleasant Ridge ...Pleasant Ridge is located in Greene County<1>. The location of Pleasant Ridge 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 Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1825. A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Rdge. or Pleasant Ridg.) Pleasant Ridge is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Pleasant Ridge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Pleasant Ridge ...While we believe that this Pleasant Ridge is located in Greene County, we know of another 5 Alabama communities named Pleasant Ridge. Those communities are located in the following counties: Calhoun, Cullman, Franklin, Marion and Pike County. Beyond Alabama, there are 55 communities that are also named Pleasant Ridge - they are located in Arkansas (4), Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (5), Missouri (4), New Brunswick (3), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Ridge. Communities near Pleasant Ridge ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pleasant Ridge.
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 Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Ridge. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pleasant Ridge. 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 Ridge. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Pleasant Ridge. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Ridge ...Looking for more information about Pleasant Ridge? 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 Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant Ridge. Adding Pleasant Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pleasant Ridge 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 Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Pleasant Ridge in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasant Ridge. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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