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Pleasant View

Ghost town · Florence County, South Carolina

Florence West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500)
Florence West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1940, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant View is a ghost town in Florence County, South Carolina. It is one of 5 former communities in Florence County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 30th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant View as a historical populated place on the Sardis 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 34.1213° N, 79.9656° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSardis
Elevation145 ft
Nearest living townTimmonsville, SC
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1242132
Coordinates34.12127, -79.96562

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What's there now

Pleasant View is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Timmonsville, SC (population 2,153), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 145 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 View?

Pleasant View is in Florence County, South Carolina, at 34.1213, -79.9656.

How many ghost towns are in Florence County?

Florence County, South Carolina has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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