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Pleasant Hill

Ghost town · Polk County, Texas

Wakefield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
Wakefield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pleasant Hill is a ghost town in Polk County, Texas. It is one of 2 former communities in Polk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 82nd among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pleasant Hill 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 31.0089° N, 94.7978° W.

Key facts

Elevation228 ft
Nearest living townCorrigan, TX
Distance to it1.9 miles
Coordinates31.00889, -94.79778

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What's there now

Pleasant Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Corrigan, TX (population 2,218), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 228 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 Hill?

Pleasant Hill is in Polk County, Texas, at 31.0089, -94.7978.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

Polk County, Texas has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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