Welcome to Pleasant Lake ...

Pleasant Lake is located on Cape Cod.

Pleasant Lake is located in Barnstable County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Lake: Pleasant Lk.

Pleasant Lake is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pleasant Lake: 508 & 774<3>

Communities Also Named Pleasant Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Pleasant Lake - they are located in Indiana, Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota, North Dakota and Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Pleasant Lake ...

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

• Barnstable
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
  • Barnstable has also been known as:
  • Barnstable Village
• Barnstable Town
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
• Yarmouth
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
• Dennis
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dennis is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
• Brewster
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Brewster is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people
• Chatham
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Chatham is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,994 people
• Orleans
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Orleans is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
• Eastham
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastham is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
• Wellfleet
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
• Truro
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Truro is located in Barnstable County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,007 people

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

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

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

Adding Pleasant Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleasant Lake post office opened in 1880. The Pleasant Lake post office closed in 1973.

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