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History · Pleasant View

29% of Pleasant View’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pleasant View’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 View are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19075 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1993. Watch Pleasant View change.Old housesHalf of Pleasant View’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasant View’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Pleasant View on the map, 1907 to 1993

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

Pleasant View on the 1907 USGS mapPleasant View on the 1953 USGS mapPleasant View on the 1969 USGS mapPleasant View on the 1979 USGS mapPleasant View on the 1993 USGS map1907Freeport 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 View.

The story so far

Pleasant View, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 780 to 677 (-13%).

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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

KiskimereIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParks TownshipIts storyBVandergrift2 historic placesANorth VandergriftIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllegheny TownshipIts storyC−

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.