Pleasant Grove
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Grove is located in North Carolina
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove
Location of Pleasant Grove in North Carolina
Pleasant Grove is located in the United States
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°11′31″N 79°19′36″W / 36.19194°N 79.32667°W / 36.19194; -79.32667
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAlamance
Elevation
[1]
712 ft (217 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code919
GNIS feature ID992457[1]

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States.[1]

Pleasant Grove is located at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 49 and North Carolina Highway 62 in the northeastern part of Alamance County.

History

A post office operated from 1815 to 1908.[2]

Tobacco crops from nearby farms were processed in Pleasant Grove during the early 20th century.[3]

Pleasant Grove High School was built in 1922 to serve white students in grades eight to ten. It became an elementary school in 1962, and closed in 1971 to comply with county desegregation requirements. Parts of the school were later demolished, though the cafeteria/gym wing remained and today function as the Pleasant Grove Community Center.[4][5]

Notable person

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, Alamance County, North Carolina
  2. ↑ Powell, William S.; Hill, Michael (2010). The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History. University of North Carolina Press. p. 413. ISBN 9780807898291.
  3. ↑ Vincent, William Murray (2009). Historic Alamance County: An Illustrated History. HPN Books. p. 16. ISBN 9781893619982.
  4. ↑ "Pleasant Grove High School 1922 - 1971". Hmdb.org. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Pleasant Grove Community Center". Alamance County Government. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ "JamesOn Curry". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2020.


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