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Pleasant Hill

Ghost town · Van Buren County, Iowa

Keosauqua quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Keosauqua quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Hill is a ghost town in Van Buren County, Iowa. It is one of 6 former communities in Van Buren County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Hill as a historical populated place on the Keosauqua topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.7270° N, 91.9580° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleKeosauqua
Elevation627 ft
Nearest living townKeosauqua, IA
Distance to it0.5 miles
GNIS feature ID465463
Coordinates40.72697, -91.95795

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What's there now

Pleasant Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Keosauqua, IA (population 1,014), about 0.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 627 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Pleasant Hill?

Pleasant Hill is in Van Buren County, Iowa, at 40.7270, -91.9580.

How many ghost towns are in Van Buren County?

Van Buren County, Iowa has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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