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Pleasant Grove

Ghost town · Anderson County, Kentucky

Mount Eden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500)
Mount Eden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Grove is a ghost town in Anderson County, Kentucky. It is one of 4 former communities in Anderson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 76th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Grove as a historical populated place on the Glensboro 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 38.0047° N, 85.1104° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGlensboro
Elevation821 ft
Nearest living townChaplin, KY
Distance to it9.5 miles
GNIS feature ID2566561
Coordinates38.00474, -85.11044

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What's there now

Pleasant Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Chaplin, KY (population 583), about 9.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 821 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 Grove?

Pleasant Grove is in Anderson County, Kentucky, at 38.0047, -85.1104.

How many ghost towns are in Anderson County?

Anderson County, Kentucky has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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