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Pleasant Ridge

Ghost town · Fulton County, Illinois

Avon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500)
Avon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Ridge is a ghost town in Fulton County, Illinois. It is one of 14 former communities in Fulton County on the federal names register. No county in Illinois has more among the 78 Illinois counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Ridge as a historical populated place on the London Mills 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 40.6931° N, 90.3568° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLondon Mills
Elevation637 ft
Nearest living townSt. Augustine, IL
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1802238
Coordinates40.69309, -90.35679

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What's there now

Pleasant Ridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is St. Augustine, IL (population 123), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 637 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 Ridge?

Pleasant Ridge is in Fulton County, Illinois, at 40.6931, -90.3568.

How many ghost towns are in Fulton County?

Fulton County, Illinois has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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