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Welcome to Pleasant Grove ...

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

We've added Pleasant Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant Grove, please Contact Us.

Pleasant Grove was located

Pleasant Grove would have been located within present day Bastrop County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pleasant Grove is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pleasant Grove was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Pleasant Grove ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Grove is located in Bastrop County, we know of another 8 Texas communities named Pleasant Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Falls, Fannin, Hopkins, Limestone, Mills, Rusk, Upshur and Wood County.

Beyond Texas, there are 99 communities that are also named Pleasant Grove - they are located in Alabama (11), Arkansas (5), California (2), Florida (5), Georgia (7), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (4), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), New Jersey (2), North Carolina (8), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (11), Utah and Virginia (5).

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

Communities near Pleasant Grove ...

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

  • Pflugerville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Hutto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hutto is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <4>
  • Taylor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,921 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
  • Manor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Manor is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,767 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <4>
  • Elgin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Elgin is located in Bastrop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,756 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <4>
  • Bastrop
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Thorndale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lexington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Thrall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Thrall is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thrall <4>
  • Webberville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

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 Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bastrop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.