Pleasant Ridge, Texas County, Missouri
Pleasant Ridge is an unincorporated community in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located on Pleasant Ridge Road, approximately three-quarters of a mile southwest of Upton and about ten miles west of Houston.[2][3]
History
A post office called Pleasant Ridge was established in 1877, the name was changed to Pleasantridge in 1894, and the post office closed in 1909.[4] The community was so named on account of the "pleasant" setting of the original town site.[5]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Ridge
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- Bado, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1941 (1974 ed.)
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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