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Pleasant Valley

Ghost town · Cowley County, Kansas

Silverdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Silverdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Valley is a ghost town in Cowley County, Kansas. It is one of 3 former communities in Cowley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 59 Kansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Valley as a historical populated place on the Silverdale 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 37.1125° N, 96.9689° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSilverdale
Elevation1,098 ft
Nearest living townParkerfield, KS
Distance to it3.4 miles
GNIS feature ID483456
Coordinates37.11253, -96.96892

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What's there now

Pleasant Valley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Parkerfield, KS (population 545), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,098 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 Valley?

Pleasant Valley is in Cowley County, Kansas, at 37.1125, -96.9689.

How many ghost towns are in Cowley County?

Cowley County, Kansas has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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