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Welcome to Pleasantville ...

Pleasantville is located in Trempealeau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasantville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Pleasantville is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pleasantville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Pleasantville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Pleasantville - they are located in Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana (2), Iowa, Maine, Maryland (3), Missouri, New Jersey (3), New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pleasantville ...

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

  • Arcadia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcadia is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
  • Mondovi
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
  • Osseo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
  • Whitehall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
  • Augusta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
  • Blair
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Blair is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
  • Independence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
  • Strum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Strum is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
  • Eleva
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Fairchild
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 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 Pleasantville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasantville.

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

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

Adding Pleasantville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasantville 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 Pleasantville was on a map titled Road Map for Wisconsin (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasantville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Trempealeau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasantville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.