Welcome to Point Pleasant ...The city of Point Pleasant is located in Mason County<1> and is the County Seat for Mason County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Pleasant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1805. A typical abbreviation for Point Pleasant: Pt. Pleasant See our Genealogy Helper Page for Point Pleasant for more information about variations on the name of Point Pleasant. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Point Pleasant has a population of 4,071 people<2> (see below for details). Point Pleasant is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Point Pleasant lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Point Pleasant: 304 & 681<4> The ZIP code for Point Pleasant: 25550<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Point Pleasant had an population of 4,071 people. This is a decrease of 6.41% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 12.21% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Point Pleasant had a population of 4,350 people (which is 15.89% of the total population of Mason County). This makes Point Pleasant the county's most populous community. The population of Point Pleasant represents 0.23% of the population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 29th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,350 people, the population of Point Pleasant decreased 6.19% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,637 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Point Pleasant. Communities Also Named Point Pleasant ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Point Pleasant - they are located in California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey (2), New York (2), Ohio (5), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Point Pleasant. Communities near Point Pleasant ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Point Pleasant.
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 Point Pleasant. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Point Pleasant. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Point Pleasant. 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 Point Pleasant. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Point Pleasant. Our list includes 21 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Point Pleasant. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Pleasant ...Looking for more information about Point Pleasant? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Point Pleasant, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Point Pleasant. Adding Point Pleasant to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Pleasant. Footnotes ...
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