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Welcome to Pleasant Retreat ...

Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Retreat, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Pleasant Retreat is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pleasant Retreat lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pleasant Retreat: 660

Communities Also Named Pleasant Retreat ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pleasant Retreat - they are located in Georgia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pleasant Retreat ...

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

  • Memphis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Edina
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edina have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
    • Edina is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edina <3>
  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Queen City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Greentop
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Downing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
    • Downing is located in Schuyler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Brashear
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyaconda
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Knox City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox City
    • Knox City is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox City <3>
  • Hurdland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurdland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
    • Hurdland is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 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 Retreat. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Retreat.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Retreat ...

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

Adding Pleasant Retreat to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Retreat in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pleasant Retreat was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasant Retreat post office opened in 1850. The Pleasant Retreat post office closed in 1901.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Scotland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Retreat - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/