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Welcome to Pleasant Ridge ...

Pleasant Ridge is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Rdge. or Pleasant Ridg.)

Pleasant Ridge is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pleasant Ridge: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Pleasant Ridge ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County, we know of another 3 Arkansas communities named Pleasant Ridge. Those communities are located in the following counties: Benton, Carroll and Pulaski County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 55 communities that are also named Pleasant Ridge - they are located in Alabama (6), 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.

  • Harrison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Flippin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Yellville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Diamond City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Summit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
  • Bergman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellefonte
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Western Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Lead Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pyatt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pyatt is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people

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 (so far) for Pleasant Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasant Ridge post office opened in 1879. The Pleasant Ridge post office closed in 1918.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Ridge - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Pleasant Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Pleasant Ridge 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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