Welcome to Point Pleasant ...Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Pleasant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. A typical abbreviation for Point Pleasant: Pt. Pleasant Point Pleasant is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Point Pleasant lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Point Pleasant: 731 Communities Also Named Point Pleasant ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Point Pleasant: This one is located in Decatur County and the other is located in Cocke County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 29 communities that are also named Point Pleasant - they are located in California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey (2), New York (2), Ohio (5), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Point Pleasant. Communities near Point Pleasant ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Point Pleasant.
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 Point Pleasant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Point Pleasant. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Point Pleasant. 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 Point Pleasant. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Pleasant. See our Newspapers Page for Point Pleasant. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Pleasant ...Looking for more information about Point Pleasant? 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 Point Pleasant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Point Pleasant. Adding Point Pleasant to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Pleasant. Footnotes ...
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