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Welcome to Pleasant Hill ...

Pleasant Hill is located in Lane County<1>.



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

Pleasant Hill is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pleasant Hill lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Pleasant Hill: (541) and (458)<3>

The ZIP code for Pleasant Hill: 97455<4>

Communities Also Named Pleasant Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 148 communities that are also named Pleasant Hill - they are located in Alabama (17), Arkansas (13), California (2), Delaware, Georgia (9), Illinois (4), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (6), Kentucky (5), Louisiana (6), Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (6), Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (9), Quebec, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (18), Texas (11), Utah, Virginia (3), Washington (2), West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pleasant Hill ...

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

  • Eugene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Springfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottage Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Creswell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creswell have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
    • Creswell is located in Lane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creswell <5>
  • Lowell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburg have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
    • Coburg is located in Lane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,195 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coburg <5>
  • Goshen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Goshen is located in Lane County
  • Trent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
    • Trent is located in Lane County
  • Cresswell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fall Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
    • Fall Creek is located in Lane County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Hill ...

Looking for more information about Pleasant Hill? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pleasant Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant Hill.

Adding Pleasant Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Pleasant Hill post office opened in 1850.

We also found Pleasant Hill in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>Area code (458) is an overlay for area code (541).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pleasant Hill). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pleasant Hill or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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