Country United States County Dallas ZIP code 36775 Elevation 123 m | State Alabama Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) Area code(s) 251 Local time Tuesday 3:56 PM | |
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Weather 30°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 34% Humidity | ||
Pleasant Hill is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama.
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Map of Pleasant Hill, Alabama 36775, USA
History
The community began as a trading post called Fort Rascal prior to the Indian removal, it gained a post office in the 1840s and the name was changed to Pleasant Hill. The community was visited by Philip Henry Gosse, an English naturalist, for an eight-month period in 1838 when he taught school for Reuben Saffold, a local planter. His studies and drawings of the flora and fauna of the area and his recollections of slavery were later published in his book Letters from Alabama. Pleasant Hill has one site included on the National Register of Historic Places, the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church. It has several sites listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and one nearby, Belvoir.
Demographics
Pleasant Hill was listed on the 1880 U.S. Census as having a population of 193.