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History · Pleasant Hill Township

30% of Pleasant Hill Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pleasant Hill Township’s past

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The story so far

Pleasant Hill Township, in brief

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Pleasant Hill Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 531 at the 2010 census. Pleasant Hill Township was so named for its scenic hills, a pioneer settler having said "What a pleasant hill!" upon his first visit.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 531 in 2010, 533 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Pleasant Hill Township, 1856 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Ridgeway post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Ridgeway post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Pleasant Hill Township on the map, 1958 to 1980

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

Pleasant Hill Township on the 1958 USGS mapPleasant Hill Township on the 1980 USGS map1958Houston sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasant Hill Township

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

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Winona RyderAmerican actress · b. 1971
Tracy CaulkinsAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world … · b. 1963
Carol BartzAmerican businesswoman · b. 1948
James Earle FraserAmerican artist · b. 1876
William D. MitchellAmerican politician · b. 1874
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Michael Joseph HoeppnerCatholic bishop · b. 1949
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ridgeway
Gone or out of use
Ridgeway Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Hill Township
BushHillsideSaint Patricks

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.

New Hartford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWiscoy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHomer Township2 historic placesB

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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 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.