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History · Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove’s post office opened in 1930, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Pleasant Grove was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Its Register listings are the Henry Copeland House, the John Bettis House and the Davis Barn. Below: maps from 1890 on.

1930first post office
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Quick answers

How Pleasant Grove began

When was Pleasant Grove founded?

1930

The Pleasant Grove post office opened in 1930, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Redstripe (1912), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 23596 years
Founding year: the first Pleasant Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pleasant Grove’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pleasant Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18903 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1986. Watch Pleasant Grove change.
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Start Pleasant Grove’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasant Grove’s history is told.

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On the map

Pleasant Grove on the map, 1890 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pleasant Grove. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pleasant Grove on the 1890 USGS mapPleasant Grove on the 1969 USGS mapPleasant Grove on the 1986 USGS map1890Batesville sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pleasant Grove.

The story so far

Pleasant Grove, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pleasant Grove yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 235. Pleasant Grove is located along Arkansas Highway 14, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) east-southeast of Mountain View. Pleasant Grove has a post office with ZIP code 72567.

Its first post office opened in 1930.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Pleasant Grove, 1890 to 1930

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1912Post officeThe Redstripe post office opens
  5. 1930Post officeThe Redstripe post office closes
  6. 1930Post officeThe Pleasant Grove post office opens
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Pleasant Grove

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Henry Copeland House
Henry Copeland HouseJohn Bettis HouseDavis Barn
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Henry Copeland HouseBuilding
John Bettis HouseBuilding
All 3 listings
Davis BarnBuilding · listed 1985

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasant Grove

Nobody well known was born in Pleasant Grove itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dick PowellAmerican actor · b. 1904
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Laurell K. HamiltonAmerican novelist · b. 1963
Mark MartinAmerican racecar driver · b. 1959
William Read MillerAmerican politician, Arkansas · b. 1823
Leslie RutledgeLieutenant Governor of Arkansas since 2023 · b. 1976
Ryan MallettAmerican football player and coach · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pleasant Grove’s post office has been open since 1930. Another post office, Redstripe, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Redstripe
1912–1930
Pleasant Grove
1930–today
19101970today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pleasant Grove’s history

What year was Pleasant Grove founded?

The Pleasant Grove post office opened in 1930, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Pleasant Grove?

Three places: the Henry Copeland House (listed 1985), the John Bettis House (1985) and the Davis Barn (1985).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.