Pleasant Grove, Minnesota

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Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, near Rochester and Stewartville. The community is located along Olmsted County Road 1 near County Road 140.

History

Pleasant Grove was platted in 1854, and named for a grove of oak trees near the original town site.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n406 387]}} A post office was established at Pleasant Grove in 1854, and remained in operation until 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Olmsted | title=Olmsted County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 July 2015}}

Notable person

Augustus Barrows (1838–1885), lumberman and legislator

{{US Census population

|1880= 200

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |author=United States Census Bureau |author-link=United States Census Bureau }}

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References

Category:Former municipalities in Minnesota

Category:Unincorporated communities in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota