Welcome to Pleasant Valley ...

Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)

Pleasant Valley is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pleasant Valley is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Pleasant Valley lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Pleasant Valley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

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

Communities Also Named Pleasant Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Pleasant Valley: This one is located in El Dorado County and the other is located in Butte County.

Beyond California, there are 141 communities that are also named Pleasant Valley - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas (8), Connecticut (2), Georgia (4), Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (6), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (3), Montana (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada (5), New Brunswick, New Jersey (4), New Mexico (2), New York (5), North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (6), Ohio (13), Oklahoma, Ontario (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7), Texas (7), Utah, Vermont (2), Virginia (5), Washington (3), West Virginia (5) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pleasant Valley ...

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

• Placerville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <3>
• Plymouth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <3>
• Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
  • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
• Motor City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motor City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
  • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
• Tiger Lily
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
  • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
• Fair Play
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Fair Play is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fair Play <3>
• Pollock Pines
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock Pines
  • Pollock Pines is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock Pines <3>
• Grizzly Flatx
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly Flatx
  • Grizzly Flatx is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grizzly Flatx <3>
• Diamond Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
  • Diamond Springs is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond Springs <3>
• Fresh Pond
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
  • Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado 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 Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Valley ...

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

Adding Pleasant Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleasant Valley post office opened in 1864.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/