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Welcome to Pleasant Mound ...

Pleasant Mound is located in Bond County<1>.

The pronunciation of Pleasant Mound: PLEZ-ent<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Mound, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Pleasant Mound is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Pleasant Mound ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pleasant Mound - they are located in Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Pleasant Mound ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Mound ...

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

Adding Pleasant Mound to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Mound 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 (so far) for Pleasant Mound was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasant Mound post office opened in 1861. The Pleasant Mound post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Bond, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Pleasant Mound. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Mound - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/