Pleasant Mills, Indiana

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Pleasant Mills, Indiana
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Pleasant Mills
Location in Adams County
Coordinates: 40°46′36″N84°50′30″W / 40.77667°N 84.84167°W / 40.77667; -84.84167
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
County Adams
Township St. Marys
Elevation
[1]
243 m (797 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46733
Area code 260
FIPS code 18-60552 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830298 [1]

Pleasant Mills is an unincorporated community in St. Marys Township, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

A post office was established at Pleasant Mills in 1850. [3] Edward G. Coxen was named the Pleasant Mills Postmaster on January 16, 1850. It was named from its tranquil setting near a gristmill. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1850 71
1870 80
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

Pleasant Mills appeared as a separately-returned community in the U.S. Census twice, both times in the nineteenth century. Its highest officially-recorded population was 80 inhabitants in 1870.

The United States Census Bureau redefined Pittsburg as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mills, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "Adams County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 266. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...became Pleasant Mills because the only gristmill in the area was located here.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  6. "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.