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Welcome to Pleasant Valley ...

Pleasant Valley is located in Lamoille County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)

Pleasant Valley is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pleasant Valley: 802

Communities Also Named Pleasant Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Vermont communities named Pleasant Valley: This one is located in Lamoille County and the other is located in Chittenden County.

Beyond Vermont, there are 141 communities that are also named Pleasant Valley - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas (8), California (2), Connecticut (2), Georgia (4), Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (6), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri (3), Montana (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada (5), New Brunswick, New Jersey (4), New Mexico (2), New York (5), North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (6), Ohio (13), Oklahoma, Ontario (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7), Texas (7), Utah, Virginia (5), Washington (3), West Virginia (5) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pleasant Valley ...

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

  • Burlington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Essex
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Essex is located in Chittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
  • South Burlington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Colchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Colchester is located in Chittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,102 people
  • Milton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Milton is located in Chittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,907 people
  • Essex Junction
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Essex Junction is located in Chittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Junction
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,793 people
  • Williston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Williston is located in Chittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,263 people
  • Winooski
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Albans
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Morristown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 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 Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Valley ...

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

Adding Pleasant Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Valley 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 Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pleasant Valley post office opened in 1851. The Pleasant Valley post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Lamoille, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Valley - 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/