Wayfarrow

Pleasant Grove

Ghost town · Bastrop County, Texas

Elgin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500)
Elgin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Grove is a ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas. It is one of 11 former communities in Bastrop County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Grove as a historical populated place on the Structure 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 30.3830° N, 97.3156° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleStructure
Elevation532 ft
Nearest living townElgin, TX
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2034638
Coordinates30.38299, -97.31555

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Pleasant Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Elgin, TX (population 10,996), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 532 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Pleasant Grove?

Pleasant Grove is in Bastrop County, Texas, at 30.3830, -97.3156.

How many ghost towns are in Bastrop County?

Bastrop County, Texas has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.