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Welcome to Pleasant Island ...

Pleasant Island is located in Oxford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Island: Pleasant Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Pleasant Island is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Island: 207

Communities near Pleasant Island ...

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

  • Rangeley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dallas Plantation
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
  • Coplin Plantation
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
  • Sandy River Plantation
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
  • Magalloway Plantation
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
  • Lincoln Plantation
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Dixs Grant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dixs Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
  • Second College Grant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
  • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mountainview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Island ...

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

Adding Pleasant Island to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleasant Island post office opened in 1907. The Pleasant Island post office closed in 1955.

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

Footnotes ...

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