Pleasant Grove, Alamance County, North Carolina

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Township 11, Alamance County, North Carolina, United States.[1][2]

Pleasant Grove
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Grove
Location of Pleasant Grove in North Carolina
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°11′31″N 79°19′36″W
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAlamance
TownshipTownship 11[1]
Elevation
712 ft (217 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)919
GNIS feature ID992457[2]

Pleasant Grove is located at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 49 and North Carolina Highway 62 in the northeastern part of Alamance County.

History

A post office operated from 1815 to 1908.[3]

Tobacco crops from nearby farms were processed in Pleasant Grove during the early 20th century.[4]

Pleasant Grove High School was built in 1922 to serve white students in grades eight to ten. It became an elementary school in 1962, and closed in 1971 to comply with county desegregation requirements. Parts of the school were later demolished, though the cafeteria/gym wing remained and today function as the Pleasant Grove Community Center.[5][6]

Notable people

References
  1. County Subdivision Selection Map (Map). United States Census Bureau. 2019.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove
  3. Powell, William S.; Hill, Michael (2010). The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History. University of North Carolina Press. p. 413.
  4. Vincent, William Murray (2009). Historic Alamance County: An Illustrated History. HPN Books. p. 16.
  5. "Pleasant Grove High School 1922 - 1971". Hmdb.org. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  6. "Pleasant Grove Community Center". Alamance County Government. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  7. "JamesOn Curry". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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