Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Pleasant Retreat came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Pleasant Retreat in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pleasant Retreat. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Pleasant Retreat data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pleasant Retreat:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Pleasant Retreat is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The GNIS database contains an entry for Pleasant Retreat. See our Misc Page for Pleasant Retreat for more information.