Pleasant Grove, Belmont County, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Belmont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

The first settlement at Pleasant Grove was made in 1825.[2] The community was descriptively named.[3] A post office called Plank Road was established in 1854, the name was changed to Pleasant Grove in 1871, and the post office closed in 1909.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, Belmont County, Ohio
  2. ^ Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections. Historical Publishing Company. p. 387.
  3. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 112.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove Post Office (historical)
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40°09′01″N 80°50′32″W / 40.15028°N 80.84222°W / 40.15028; -80.84222


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