Pleasant Grove, Minnesota

Pleasant Grove
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Grove Location of the community of Pleasant Grove within Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County Show map of Minnesota Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 43°52′09″N 92°23′09″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Olmsted
Township	Pleasant Grove Township
Elevation	1,289 ft (393 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55976
Area code	507
GNIS feature ID	649549[1]

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, near Rochester and Stewartville. The community is located along Olmsted County Road 1 near County Road 140.

History

Pleasant Grove was platted in 1854, and named for a grove of oak trees near the original town site.^[2] A post office was established at Pleasant Grove in 1854, and remained in operation until 1905.^[3]

Notable person

• Augustus Barrows (1838–1885), lumberman and legislator

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	200		—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

References

1. "Pleasant Grove, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 387.
3. "Olmsted County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
4. United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".