Pleasant Hill, Nebraska

Pleasant Hill, Nebraska
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°35′12″N 97°04′54″W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
County	Saline

Pleasant Hill was an unincorporated community in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.^[1] The community was southwest of Crete and lay between Turkey Creek to the north and Spring Creek to the south.^[2] From 1871 to 1878 Pleasant Hill was the Saline County seat. Its peak population was 246 in 1900.^[3]

History

Pleasant Hill had a post office from 1869 until 1912.^[4] It was named from its setting.^[5]

Demise

Fires, loss of the county seat to Wilber, and the lack of a railroad led to the town’s decline. After the gristmill burned in 1930, Pleasant Hill faded away.^[3]

See also

Nebraska portal

• List of ghost towns in Nebraska

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Hill, Nebraska
2. Pleasant Hill, Nebraska, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964
3. team, The Explore Nebraska History. "Pleasant Hill". Explore Nebraska History. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
4. "Saline County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
5. Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.