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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Pleasant Grove (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Pleasant Grove. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Pleasant Grove ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Pleasant Grove is located in Wood County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Franklin, Hopkins, Rains, Smith, Upshur & Van Zandt.

Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:

  • Wood County     (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Coke
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Coke is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
    • Cartwright
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cartwright is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Forest Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Forest Hill is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
    • Stout
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stout is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Quitman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Yantis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gunter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Gunter is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
    • Perryville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Perryville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
    • Hainesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hainesville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
    • Pine Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Mills is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
    • Alba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Leesburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Mound
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
    • Pine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Pine is located in Camp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
    • Pittsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Harvard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Harvard is located in Camp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Winnsboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Scroggins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Purley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Purley is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
    • Mount Vernon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hagansport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hagansport is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Black Oak
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Pickton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Como
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Como is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <1>
    • Greenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Tazewell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
    • Weaver
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Weaver is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Saltillo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Rockdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Sulphur Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonanza
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Divide
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Divide is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
    • Dike
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Rains County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Emory
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Flats
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Flats is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Garden Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Garden Valley is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Red Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Red Springs is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
    • Hideaway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hideaway is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
  • Titus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Miller's Cove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Winfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Upshur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Piney Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
    • Grice
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Grice is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
    • Rhonesboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
    • Simpsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
    • Thomas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Thomas is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
    • Rosewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosewood is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Kelsey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelsey is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Bettie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Bettie is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
    • Delrose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Delrose is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
    • Ewell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ewell is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
    • Pritchett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pritchett is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
    • Big Sandy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Van Zandt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
    • Grand Saline
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruitvale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.

Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.

  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Price Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ingram Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • McGee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • New Pickton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Searcy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Peyton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Willard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (168 more) ...
    • Rock Springs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffee Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Monday Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.

  • Coke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Coke is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
  • Black Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
  • Stout
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stout is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Winnsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pickton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Quitman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Como
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Como is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <1>
  • Reilly Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Reilly Springs is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly Springs
  • Yantis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Pine Forest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pine Forest is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
  • Purley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Purley is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
  • Pine Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Mills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Tazewell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
    • Alba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.

Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Grove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Pleasant Grove:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.