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Welcome to Pleasant Ridge ...

So far, we found very little information about Pleasant Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pleasant Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant Ridge, please Contact Us.

Pleasant Ridge would have been located within present day Attala County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pleasant Ridge is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pleasant Ridge was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Pleasant Ridge was located: 662 & 471<4>

Communities Also Named Pleasant Ridge ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Ridge is located in Attala County, we know of another 4 Mississippi communities named Pleasant Ridge. Those communities are located in the following counties: Itawamba, Jones, Oktibbeha and Union County.

Beyond Mississippi, 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), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, 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.

  • Kosciusko
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Durant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lexington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Goodman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pickens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Vaiden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Ethel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • West
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sallis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Possumneck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Possumneck is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pleasant Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Attala, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Pleasant Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Pleasant Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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