Pleasant Grove, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Pleasant Grove, California

Unincorporated community

Pleasant Grove

Nickname:

Gouge-Eye

Pleasant Grove, California

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Pleasant Grove, California

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Coordinates: 38°49′26″N 121°29′02″W﻿ / ﻿38.82389°N 121.48389°W﻿ / 38.82389; -121.48389
Country| United States
State| California
County| Sutter
Elevation

| 49 ft (15 m)
Time zone| UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code|

95668

Area code(s)| 916, 279
GNIS feature ID| 230798[1]

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Sutter County, California, United States. Pleasant Grove has a post office with ZIP code 95668.[2]

## History

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The community originated as a wagon and freight stop and was nicknamed "Gouge-Eye" after a saloon fight in which one man gouged out the eye of another. The post office opened as Pleasant Grove Creek in 1867, became Pleasant Grove in 1875, and moved 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east in 1940.[3]

## Geography

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Pleasant Grove is on California State Routes 99 and 70, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of Nicolaus.

## Education

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Pleasant Grove is served by the Pleasant Grove Joint Union School District. Pleasant Grove School is in the community.

## Media

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KFBK (AM) has a 50,000-watt transmitter on Pleasant Grove Road at Catlett Road in the community.[4]

## Notable person

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* Edwin E. Roberts, politician and mayor of Reno, Nevada.[5]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, California
2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 539\. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
4. ^ "KFBK-AM 1530 kHz - Sacramento, CA". radio-locator.com.
5. ^ "Mayor E. E. Roberts Dies". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, NV. December 11, 1933. pp. 1–2 - via Newspapers.com.1-2&rft.date=1933-12-11&rft_id=https://www.newspapers.com/image/148582729&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Pleasant+Grove,+California" class="Z3988">

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