Pleasant Grove, Kansas

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located four miles south of Lawrence.

Pleasant Grove, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Douglas County (legend)
KDOT map of Douglas County (legend)
Pleasant Grove is located in Kansas
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove is located in the United States
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove
Coordinates: 38°51′20″N 95°16′11″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyDouglas
Founded1850s
Elevation
[1]
1,083 ft (330 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
FIPS code20-56350 [1]
GNIS ID479511 [1]

History

According to the Lawrence Journal-World, it is believed that the first organized Douglas County German Baptist group met in Pleasant Grove in 1858, in the house of Stephen Studebaker. Several years later, during Quantrill's Raid, William Quantrill and his men came close to Pleasant Grove after pillaging Lawrence. However, because many of the raiders were drunk and loud, the townsfolk were alerted to the raiders' presence. Nevertheless, Quantrill and his men razed a number of houses and barns in the area, looking for any anti-slavery settlers.[2]

In 1877, the first German Baptist meeting house in the state of Kansas was built in the town.[2]

It had a post office from 1875 until 1900.[3]

In 1912, the small town had a population of 45 and received rural free delivery mail from nearby Baldwin City.[4]

Education

The community is served by Lawrence USD 497 public school district.

References
  1. "Pleasant Grove, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Sneed, Bill (August 21, 2001). "Civil War Memories Retold". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. "Post Offices". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  4. Blackmar, Frank, ed. (1912). "Pleasant Grove". Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, etc. Chicago, IL: Standard Publishing Company. p. 481. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Douglas County, Kansas, including historical information about its communities


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