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Welcome to Pleasant Ridge ...

Pleasant Ridge is located in Lawrence County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Rdge. or Pleasant Ridg.)

Pleasant Ridge is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Ridge: 606

Communities Also Named Pleasant Ridge ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Ridge is located in Lawrence County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Pleasant Ridge. Those communities are located in the following counties: Daviess and Ohio County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 55 communities that are also named Pleasant Ridge - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (4), Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (5), Missouri (4), New Brunswick (3), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Pleasant Ridge ...

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

  • Winchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Mount Sterling
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Stanton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Carlisle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jeffersonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Owingsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Camargo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Millersburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Ridge ...

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

Footnotes ...

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