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Welcome to Pleasant Run ...

Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Run, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

Pleasant Run is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Pleasant Run ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pleasant Run - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland (2), New Jersey (2), Ohio, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pleasant Run ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Run ...

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

Adding Pleasant Run to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pleasant Run post office opened in 1859.

We also found Pleasant Run in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Run - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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