Pleasant Lake, Michigan

Pleasant Lake is an unincorporated community in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located in Henrietta Township just south of the lake of the same name. Pleasant Lake has a post office with the ZIP Code 49272.[2] In addition to the post office, there is a party store, gas station, a Dollar General, an Independent Bank, an Inn, a golf course/ restaurant, and Christ Episcopal Church.

Pleasant Lake, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Lake
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°22′48″N 84°20′57″W
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyJackson
TownshipHenrietta
Platted1868
Elevation
955 ft (291 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49272
Area code(s)517
GNIS feature ID635107[1]

History

Pleasant Lake was originally known as Spring Lake until John Wenstren renamed the community in 1836. The community was platted in 1868. A post office opened in Pleasant Lake on October 13, 1961; Leo E. Osterberg was its first postmaster.[3]

gollark: The reason I support *some* land-value-taxish thing is that nobody creates land, so reward from it should probably go to everyone.
gollark: The only big problem I can see with that is that you can't really have the property/developed stuff on that land separate from the land itself, at least with current technology and use of nonmovable stuff.
gollark: You wouldn't just say "each m² of land costs $0.0001/year in taxes", I think one interesting idea there is to have people *set* a value, have a % of that be taxed, but also force it to be sold at that price if someone wants it.
gollark: * lots of
gollark: Farming would only be really expensive if the land is worth money *anyway*.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Lake, Michigan
  2. ZIP Code Lookup
  3. Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
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