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Welcome to Pleasantville ...

Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasantville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Pleasantville is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pleasantville: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Pleasantville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Pleasantville: This one is located in Rockingham County and the other is located in Moore County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 28 communities that are also named Pleasantville - they are located in Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana (2), Iowa, Maine, Maryland (3), Missouri, New Jersey (3), New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pleasantville ...

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

  • Eden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Eden is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <4>
  • Reidsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Summerfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Oak Ridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stokesdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wentworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
  • Mayodan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Cove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Stoneville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasantville ...

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

Adding Pleasantville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasantville 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 Pleasantville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasantville post office opened in 1830. The Pleasantville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasantville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasantville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Pleasantville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Pleasantville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/