Pleasant Grove, Minnesota

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Pleasant Grove
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Pleasant Grove
Location of the community of Pleasant Grove
within Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County
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Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°52′09″N92°23′09″W / 43.86917°N 92.38583°W / 43.86917; -92.38583 Coordinates: 43°52′09″N92°23′09″W / 43.86917°N 92.38583°W / 43.86917; -92.38583
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Olmsted
Township Pleasant Grove Township
Elevation
1,289 ft (393 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55976
Area code(s) 507
GNIS feature ID649549 [1]

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, near Rochester and Stewartville. The community is located along Olmsted County Road 1 near County Road 140.

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History

Pleasant Grove was platted in 1854, and named for a grove of oak trees near the original town site. [2] A post office was established at Pleasant Grove in 1854, and remained in operation until 1905. [3]

Notable people

Historical population
CensusPop.
1880 200
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

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References

  1. "Pleasant Grove, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  387.
  3. "Olmsted County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".