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Point Pleasant

Ghost town · Warren County, Indiana

Pine Village quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000)
Pine Village quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Point Pleasant is a ghost town in Warren County, Indiana. It is one of 20 former communities in Warren County on the federal names register. No county in Indiana has more among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Point Pleasant as a historical populated place: 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 40.3972° N, 87.3300° W.

Key facts

Elevation614 ft
Nearest living townRainsville, IN
Distance to it1.4 miles
Coordinates40.39722, -87.33000

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What's there now

Point Pleasant is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rainsville, IN (population 21), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 614 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 Point Pleasant?

Point Pleasant is in Warren County, Indiana, at 40.3972, -87.3300.

How many ghost towns are in Warren County?

Warren County, Indiana has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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