Pleasant View, Indiana

Last updated

Pleasant View, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
USA Indiana location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Pleasant View
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Pleasant View
Coordinates: 39°39′52″N85°56′19″W / 39.66444°N 85.93861°W / 39.66444; -85.93861
Country United States
State Indiana
County Shelby
Township Moral
Elevation
[1]
794 ft (242 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46126
GNIS feature ID2830535 [1]

Pleasant View is an unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

Contents

History

Pleasant View was laid out and platted in 1836 as a stagecoach stop on the Michigan turnpike. [2] Two old variant names of the community were Wrights and Doblestown. [1] A post office was established under the name Wrights in 1828, and was renamed to Doblestown in 1837. It was renamed again to Pleasant View in 1841 and was discontinued in 1859. [3]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined Pleasant View as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant View, Indiana
  2. ↑ History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 450.
  3. ↑ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.