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History · Pleasantdale Township

Pleasantdale Township’s post office opened in 1878, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge. Below: maps from 1896 on.

1878first post office
1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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How Pleasantdale Township began

When was Pleasantdale Township founded?

1878

The Pleasantdale Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pleasantdale (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 25148 years
Founding year: the first Pleasantdale Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pleasantdale Township’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 Pleasantdale Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Pleasantdale Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasantdale Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Pleasantdale Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Pleasantdale Township on the 1896 USGS mapPleasantdale Township on the 1969 USGS mapPleasantdale Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Hays 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 Pleasantdale Township.

The story

How Pleasantdale Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pleasantdale Township.

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Pleasantdale Township was established in 1879 from part of Pioneer Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pleasantdale Township, 1878 to 1896

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Pleasantdale post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Pleasantdale post office closes
  4. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

1 historic place in Pleasantdale Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge
Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge
Structures
All 1 listings
Walnut Creek Tributary BridgeStructure · listed 1985

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Pleasantdale, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Pleasantdalelocale
1cemetery inside Pleasantdale Township
Pleasantdale

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Fairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIllinois TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPioneer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFreedom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pleasantdale Township’s history

What year was Pleasantdale Township founded?

The Pleasantdale Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Pleasantdale Township?

One place: the Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge (listed 1985).

Memory lane

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

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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 (1), Wikipedia, 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.