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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.
Each entry is located according to the county in which it is found. I have not felt obliged to keep entries uniform. The altitude of a place, the date of incorporation of a city or town, may appear in the beginning of one entry and at the end of another. Some entries may appear more complete than others. I have included whatever information I could find. If there is no comment on the origin or meaning of a name, it is because the information was not available. In some cases, however, resort to an unabridged dictionary may suggest the meaning of many names."
--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Pleasant Garden |
community in S Guilford County. Alt. 805. Known first as Fentress for local family; renamed Pleasant Garden about 1879. |
| Pleasant Gardens |
community in central McDowell County. Named for the home of Joseph McDowell, Patriot leader at the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). Post office named Garden City operated nearby, 1886-1929. |
| Pleasant Grove |
community in NE Alamance County. A post office est. there 1815 operated until 1908. |
| Pleasant Grove Township |
former township in NE Alamance County, now township no. 11. |
| Pleasant Hill |
community in NE Alamance County. Site of Christian Church est. about 1825. Early temperance society met there. |
| Pleasant Hill Township |
N central Northampton County. |
| Pleasant Knob |
central Buncombe County W of Beaver Lake. |
| Pleasant Lodge |
community in NE Randolph County. |
| Pleasant Plains |
community in central Hertford County. A free black Baptist church said to have existed there as early as 1845. |
| Pleasant Ridge |
See South Gastonia. |
