More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #142 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
Most of Pleasant View was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1930.
Founding year: the first Pleasant View post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Pleasant View’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pleasant View is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #142 of 177 in Tennessee. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pleasant View’s overall grade.
Tennessee towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Tennessee town has 6.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pleasant View’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Tennessee towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
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.
In the earlier days, Pleasant View was formerly known as "Bradley's Stand," as well as "Turnbull Horse Stamp." The mail and telegraph lines ran from Clarksville to Nashville, and the Town of Pleasant View served as stagecoach stop and rest area between the two cities.
The town was named Pleasant View by a group of citizens in 1870. The first post office began in 1880.
Pleasant View was incorporated under a house bill in 1921 and consisted of approximately 105 acres. At the time, the local government consisted of a mayor and six aldermen and was divided into three wards. The town was unincorporated ten years later. In 1996, when the citizens of Pleasant View voted to re-incorporate under a public act mayor/Aldermanic Charter.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pleasant View. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1957Pleasant View sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pleasant View.
People over time
Pleasant View, census by census
Grew from 177 people in 1930 to 4,807 in 2020, more than tenfold.
4 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pleasant View’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Pleasant View
Nobody well known was born in Pleasant View itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Pleasant View post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Pleasant View rank for history?
Pleasant View is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #142 of 177 in Tennessee. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Pleasant View?
9% of Pleasant View’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.7 points), against a typical 4.9% for a Tennessee town; the median home was built in 2000.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2010
