Welcome to Pleasant Valley ...

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

We've added Pleasant Valley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Pleasant Valley - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Pleasant Valley, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Pleasant Valley , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hamilton County<2>.

The pronunciation of Pleasant Valley: PLEH-zuhnt<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)

Time Zone: The area where Pleasant Valley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Pleasant Valley would have been located in the (513) area code.

Communities Also Named Pleasant Valley ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Valley is located in Hamilton County, we know of another 12 Ohio communities named Pleasant Valley. Those communities are located in the following counties: Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Harrison, Knox, Lake, Morgan, Muskingum, Pike, Ross, Stark, Tuscarawas and Vinton County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 141 communities that are also named Pleasant Valley - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas (8), California (2), Connecticut (2), Georgia (4), Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (6), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (3), Montana (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada (5), New Brunswick, New Jersey (4), New Mexico (2), New York (5), North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (6), Oklahoma, Ontario (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7), Texas (7), Utah, Vermont (2), Virginia (5), Washington (3), West Virginia (5) and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Pleasant Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Valley 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 Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pleasant Valley post office opened in 1878.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Pleasant Valley. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/