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Welcome to Pleasant Grove ...

Pleasant Grove is located in Dubuque County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.

Pleasant Grove is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Grove: 563

Communities Also Named Pleasant Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Pleasant Grove: This one is located in Dubuque County and the other is located in Des Moines County.

Beyond Iowa, there are 99 communities that are also named Pleasant Grove - they are located in Alabama (11), Arkansas (5), California (2), Florida (5), Georgia (7), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (4), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), New Jersey (2), North Carolina (8), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (11), Texas (9), Utah and Virginia (5).

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

Communities near Pleasant Grove ...

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

  • Dubuque
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Asbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Asbury is located in Dubuque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
  • Dyersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Monticello
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cascade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Epworth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Peosta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Farley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • East Dubuque
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Earlville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Grove ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Dubuque, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Grove - 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.