Pleasant Ridge, Texas County, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Pleasant Ridge is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located on Pleasant Ridge Road, approximately three-quarters of a mile southwest of Upton and about ten miles west of Houston.[2][3]

## History

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A post office called Pleasant Ridge was established in 1877, the name was changed to Pleasantridge in 1894, and the post office closed in 1909.[4] The community was so named on account of the "pleasant" setting of the original town site.[5]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Ridge
2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. ^ Bado, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1941 (1974 ed.)
4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
5. ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

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Municipalities and communities of Texas County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Houston

Cities|

* Cabool
* Houston
* Licking
* Mountain Grove‡
* Summersville‡

Map of Missouri highlighting Texas County

Villages|

* Plato
* Raymondville

Townships|

* Boone
* Burdine
* Carroll
* Cass
* Clinton
* Current
* Date
* Jackson
* Lynch
* Morris
* Ozark
* Pierce
* Piney
* Roubidoux
* Sargent
* Sherrill
* Upton

Unincorporated
communities|

* Alice
* Arroll
* Ashley Creek
* Bado
* Bendavis
* Big Creek
* Bucyrus
* Clara
* Clear Springs
* Dent
* Dunn
* Dykes
* Elk Creek
* Ellis Prairie
* Ellsworth
* Eunice
* Evening Shade
* Fowler
* Guild
* Hartshorn
* Huggins
* Kimble
* Kinderpost
* Ladd
* Lundy
* Mahan
* Maples
* Mitchells Corner
* Nile
* Oscar
* Pleasant Ridge
* Prescott
* Roby
* Samoa
* Sargent
* Sherrill
* Simmons
* Solo
* Stultz
* Success
* Tyrone
* Upton
* Vada
* Varvol
* Venable
* Yukon

Ghost towns|

* Edanville
* Gravel Point
* Grogan
* Hattie
* Hazleton
* Hurst
* Louisa
* Nagle
* Plum Valley
* Raftville
* Roubidoux
* Turley

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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37°21′49″N 92°10′12″W﻿ / ﻿37.36361°N 92.17000°W﻿ / 37.36361; -92.17000

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