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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pleasant View. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pleasant View to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant View, 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 View (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 View. 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.
Name Variations for Pleasant View ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant View: Pleasant Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant View.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 View is historic, it would have been located within present day Davis 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 Davis County: Appanoose, Jefferson, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Schuyler (MO) & Scotland (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant View:
- Davis County (The home county of Pleasant View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Floris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Drakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chequest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Steuben
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- West Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Stiles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stiles is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Mark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mark is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Savannah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Savannah is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
- Appanoose County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Orleans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orleans is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Moulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
- Udell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Coal City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Darbyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Darbyville is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rathbun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Exline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Exline is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Clarkdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
- Mystic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Sunshine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Batavia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Libertyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Abingdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abingdon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abingdon
- Maharishi Vedic City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Linby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linby
- Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Packwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Packwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Perlee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perlee is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlee
- Keokuk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Hedrick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Martinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Nugent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Ollie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Mahaska County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Fremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Exeelsior
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Wright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Selection
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Selection is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selection
- Avery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Albia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Douds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Douds is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douds
- Leando
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leando is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leando
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cantril
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kilbourn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kilbourn is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourn
- Birmingham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Keosauqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Mount Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wapello County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Cliffland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Eldon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Agency
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Ottumwa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Ottumwa is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ottumwa
- Ottumwa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bidwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bidwell is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Dahlonega
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dahlonega is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
- Blakesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keb ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Keb is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keb
- Chillicothe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Highland Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Highland Center is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Center
- Competine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Competine is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competine
- Dudley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Putnam County (MO)
- Livonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia is located in Putnam County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Schuyler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Coatsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coatsville is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatsville
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Downing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Downing is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Glenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Julesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Julesburg is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julesburg
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Queen City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Scotland County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Kilwinning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kilwinning is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilwinning
- Memphis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Scotland County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant View, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant View.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Dunnville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dunnville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Bloomfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94614 <4>
- Swinney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jay Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Floris.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95190 <4>
- Fiedler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pewter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harbour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shunem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant View, with the one closest to Pleasant View listed first.
- Belknap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Belknap is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Floris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Floris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Drakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Chequest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chequest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chequest
- Steuben
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Ormanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ormanville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormanville
- Pulaski
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Eldon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cliffland is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffland
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- West Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grove
- Selma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Selma is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant View.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant View ...
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 184 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant View, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant View.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 View:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Davis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appanoose County
- Jefferson County
- Keokuk County
- Mahaska County
- Monroe County
- Van Buren County
- Wapello County
- Putnam 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 View, 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pleasant View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |