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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pleasant Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pleasant Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant Hill, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Pleasant Hill (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Pleasant Hill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Pleasant Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Van Buren County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Van Buren County: Davis, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Clark (MO) & Scotland (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:
- Van Buren County (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Keosauqua
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mount Zion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kilbourn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Mount Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bonaparte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cantril
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Birmingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Douds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Stockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Chequest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Floris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Stiles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stiles is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Steuben
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carbon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Savannah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Savannah is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
- Drakesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mark is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Oakland Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Mills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Westwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Libertyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lockridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maharishi Vedic City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maharishi Vedic City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maharishi Vedic City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
- Perlee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Abingdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Packwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Pleasant Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Linby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Big Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Russellville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Russellville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Russellville has also been known as:
- Doantown
- Croton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Croton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Primrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Houghton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Houghton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mount Hamill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Hamill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hamill
- Former names for Mount Hamill:
- Courtwright
- Hamill
- White Lane ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Lane is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lane
- Donnellson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pilot Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Saint Paul
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Charleston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Argyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Eldon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Agency
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Ottumwa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Competine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Clark County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Acasto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acasto is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acasto
- Anson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anson is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Athens is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Chambersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Luray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Luray is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Peaksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Revere
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dumas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dumas is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Medill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medill is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
- Wyaconda
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wyaconda is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyaconda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Kahoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clark City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clark City is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Saint Francisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Knox County (MO)
- Rutledge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Schuyler County (MO)
- Downing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Downing is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Scotland County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Granger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Arbela
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kilwinning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kilwinning is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilwinning
- Gorin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gorin is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorin
- South Gorin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Gorin is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gorin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Unity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Pleasant Retreat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Pleasant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Purdom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Purdom Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Keosauqua.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95904 <3>
- Boston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rider Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dodson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lippincott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- County Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Anson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Railroad Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Keosauqua
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Mount Zion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Bentonsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kilbourn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lebanon is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Mount Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pierceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pierceville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Cantril
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bonaparte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Utica is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Birmingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Leando
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Hill ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Pleasant Hill:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Davis County
- Henry County
- Jefferson County
- Lee County
- Wapello County
- Clark County
- Knox County
- Schuyler County
- Scotland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pleasant Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |