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Welcome to Pleasant Hill ...

Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Pleasant Hill is 2,380 feet [725 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pleasant Hill is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Hill: 276

Communities Also Named Pleasant Hill ...

While we believe that this Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County, we know of another 2 Virginia communities named Pleasant Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Rockingham and Suffolk City.

Beyond Virginia, 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, Oregon, Pennsylvania (9), Quebec, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (18), Texas (11), Utah, 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.

  • Richlands
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tazewell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Welch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Welch is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <3>
  • Honaker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gary is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
  • War
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • War is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
  • Bradshaw
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Iaeger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Iaeger is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Anawalt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people

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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pleasant Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 (so far) for Pleasant Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pleasant Hill post office opened in 1877. The Pleasant Hill post office closed in 1933.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Tazewell, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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