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Welcome to Pleasant Plain ...

Pleasant Plain is located in Huntington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Plain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Plain: Pleasant Pln.

Pleasant Plain is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Plain: 260

Communities Also Named Pleasant Plain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Pleasant Plain - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Pleasant Plain ...

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

  • Marion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bluffton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Wabash
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gas City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hartford City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Upland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Montpelier
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jonesboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Converse
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Plain ...

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

Adding Pleasant Plain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Plain 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 Plain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pleasant Plain post office opened in 1875. The Pleasant Plain post office closed in 1905.

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

Footnotes ...

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