Pleasant Grove, Belmont County, Ohio

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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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