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Welcome to Pleasant Hill ...

Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Hill, 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.

Pleasant Hill is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Hill: 302

Communities Also Named Pleasant Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 148 communities that are also named Pleasant Hill - they are located in Alabama (17), Arkansas (13), California (2), Georgia (9), Illinois (4), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (6), Kentucky (5), Louisiana (6), Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (6), Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (9), Quebec, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (18), Texas (11), Utah, Virginia (3), Washington (2), West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pleasant Hill ...

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

  • Dover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Milford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Smyrna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Harrington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Clayton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Greensboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheswold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheswold have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheswold
    • Cheswold is located in Kent County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,759 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheswold <3>
  • Felton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Frederica
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sudlersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudlersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudlersville
    • Sudlersville is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sudlersville <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Hill ...

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

Adding Pleasant Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.