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Welcome to Pleasanton ...

Pleasanton is located in Catron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasanton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

Pleasanton is 4,640 feet [1,414 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pleasanton is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Pleasanton lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Pleasanton and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Pleasanton: 575

Communities Also Named Pleasanton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pleasanton - they are located in California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Pleasanton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasanton ...

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

Adding Pleasanton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleasanton post office opened in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasanton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Catron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasanton - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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