Pleasant Gap, Alabama

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Pleasant Gap
Unincorporated community
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Pleasant Gap
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 33°59′15″N85°31′12″W / 33.98750°N 85.52000°W / 33.98750; -85.52000
Country United States
State Alabama
County Cherokee
Elevation
689 ft (210 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 256 & 938
GNIS feature ID160400 [1]

Pleasant Gap, also known as Pleasantsgap and Stocks Mills, is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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History

A post office called Pleasant Gap was established in 1847, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1932. [2] The community was named from a nearby gap at Frog Mountain. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880 120—
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pleasant Gap". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Cherokee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cherokee County, Ala". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 45. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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