Pleasant Hill, Nebraska

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Pleasant Hill, Nebraska
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Pleasant Hill, Nebraska
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Pleasant Hill, Nebraska
Coordinates: 40°35′12″N97°04′54″W / 40.58667°N 97.08167°W / 40.58667; -97.08167
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County Saline

Pleasant Hill was an unincorporated community in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. [1] The community was southwest of Crete and lay between Turkey Creek to the north and Spring Creek to the south. [2] From 1871 to 1878 Pleasant Hill was the Saline County seat. Its peak population was 246 in 1900. [3]

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History

Pleasant Hill had a post office from 1869 until 1912. [4] It was named from its setting. [5]

Demise

Fires, loss of the county seat to Wilber, and the lack of a railroad led to the town’s decline. After the gristmill burned in 1930, Pleasant Hill faded away. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Hill, Nebraska
  2. ↑ Pleasant Hill, Nebraska, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964
  3. 1 2 team, The Explore Nebraska History. "Pleasant Hill". Explore Nebraska History. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Saline County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 123. ISBN   0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.


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