The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Pleasant City.
Pleasant City was originally called Point Pleasant, and under the latter name was platted in 1829.
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History · Pleasant City
Pleasant City’s post office opened in 1898, and 48% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1900.
1898first post office
0on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Pleasant City began
When was Pleasant City founded?
1898
The Pleasant City post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Rosman's (1815) and Dyson (1850), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,006 in 19002020 census: 400128 years
Founding year: the first Pleasant City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Pleasant City’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 City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Pleasant City.On the map since 19114 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1994. Watch Pleasant City change.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1905 to 1922, drew every building in Pleasant City.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Pleasant City’s post office has been open since 1898. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Rosman's
Fairview
Dyson
Pleasant City
18101920today
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Pleasant City on the map, 1911 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pleasant City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1911Cumberland sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pleasant City.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Pleasant City in 1911
Passages that mention Pleasant City, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Guernsey County, Ohio1911 · page 195Read the page →
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What is now known as the Pennsylvania railroad enters the county from the north, in Wheeling township, follows the windings of the chief stream of the county (Wills creek) on down through Liberty, Cambridge, Jackson and Valley townships, leaving the county near Pleasant City, with stations of importance at Pleasant City, then north through Derwent, Byesville, Cambridge, Tyncr. Kimbolton, Birds Run and Guernsey and so on out of this into Tuscarawas county. The objective points of this division of the great Pennsylvania system are Marietta, at the south, and Cleveland, at the north.
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History of Guernsey County, Ohio1911 · page 221Read the page →
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A church publication, styled the Parishiniire, or some similar title, was established at Pleasant City in 1904, by W. F. Birely and Rev. C. F. Floto, but this did not continue very long. The next publication Was the present newspaper founded by the present
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Pleasant City, 1815 to 1911
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1815Post officeThe Rosman's post office opens
- 1823Post officeThe Rosman's post office closes
- 1823Post officeThe Fairview post office opens
- 1850Post officeThe Dyson post office opens
- 1898Post officeThe Dyson post office closes
- 20th century
- 1911
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Pleasant City, decade by decade
2015
2015
2015
2004Every building
Pleasant City, building by building, 1905–1922
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1905Sheet 1 of 2Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
People over time
Pleasant City, census by census
Between 400 and 1,006 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pleasant City’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Pleasant City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Pleasant City’s history
What year was Pleasant City founded?
The Pleasant City post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.