Pleasant Ridge, Texas County, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Pleasant Ridge is an unincorporated community in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The community is located on Pleasant Ridge Road, approximately three-quarters of a mile southwest of Upton and about ten miles west of Houston.^[2]^[3]

History

A post office called Pleasant Ridge was established in 1877, the name was changed to Pleasantridge in 1894, and the post office closed in 1909.^[4] The community was so named on account of the "pleasant" setting of the original town site.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Ridge
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ Bado, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1941 (1974 ed.)
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.