Pleasant Union
Ghost town · Carroll County, Kentucky

Pleasant Union is a ghost town in Carroll County, Kentucky. It is one of 9 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 46th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Union as a historical populated place on the Worthville 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 38.5967° N, 85.1127° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Worthville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 829 ft |
| Nearest living town | Worthville, KY |
| Distance to it | 2.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2742166 |
| Coordinates | 38.59666, -85.11267 |
What's there now
Pleasant Union is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Worthville, KY (population 147), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 829 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Gilgalghost town · Carroll County · 1.6 mi
- Tomtownghost town · Carroll County · 3.4 mi
- Little Kentuckyghost town · Carroll County · 7.2 mi
- Mound Hillghost town · Carroll County · 7.2 mi
- South Union Groveghost town · Trimble County · 7.8 mi
- Rockvilleghost town · Carroll County · 8.3 mi
- Wrights Ridgeghost town · Carroll County · 9.5 mi
- Notch Lickghost town · Carroll County · 9.6 mi
- South Mount Taborghost town · Trimble County · 10.6 mi
- Mount Taborghost town · Trimble County · 10.8 mi
- Burroughsghost town · Trimble County · 10.9 mi
- North Mount Taborghost town · Trimble County · 11.6 mi
Questions
Where is Pleasant Union?
Pleasant Union is in Carroll County, Kentucky, at 38.5967, -85.1127.
How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?
Carroll County, Kentucky has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.