Pleasant Hill, Nebraska | |
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Coordinates: 40°35′12″N97°04′54″W / 40.58667°N 97.08167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
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]
Pleasant Hill had a post office from 1869 until 1912. [4] It was named from its setting. [5]
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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