Pleasant Grove, Belmont County, Ohio

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Belmont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

For the census-designated place in Muskingum County, see Pleasant Grove, Ohio.

History

The first settlement at Pleasant Grove was made in 1825.[2] The community was descriptively named.[3] A post office called Plank Road was established in 1854, the name was changed to Pleasant Grove in 1871, and the post office closed in 1909.[4]

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gollark: You would probably be incinerated or something.
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gollark: Why would it be *their* fault if some idiot climbed it?
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, Belmont County, Ohio
  2. Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections. Historical Publishing Company. p. 387.
  3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 112.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove Post Office (historical)

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