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Welcome to Pleasant View ...

Pleasant View is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant View, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant View: Pleasant Vw.

Pleasant View is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pleasant View: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Pleasant View ...

While we believe that this Pleasant View is located in Jackson County, we know of another 3 West Virginia communities named Pleasant View. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lincoln, Marion and Wood County.

Beyond West Virginia, there are 59 communities that are also named Pleasant View - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Colorado (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Missouri (2), Montana, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (7), Utah (3), Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pleasant View ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Pomeroy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <4>
  • New Haven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mason
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Syracuse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Racine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Racine is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Racine <4>
  • Hartford City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartford City is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
  • Henderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant View ...

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

Adding Pleasant View to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant View 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 View was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasant View post office opened in 1839. The Pleasant View post office closed in 1906.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant View - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Pleasant View area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Pleasant View area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/