Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
| Pleasant Site, Alabama | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 34°32′31″N 88°03′55″W / 34.54194°N 88.06528°W / 34.54194; -88.06528 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Franklin |
| Elevation | 515 ft (157 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
| GNIS feature ID | 125042 |
Pleasant Site is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Alabama, United States.
History
The name Pleasant Site comes from a subjectively descriptive term of the surrounding area. A post office operated under the name Pleasant Site from 1843 to 1911.
During the Civil War, Company B of the 27th Alabama Infantry (known as the "Confederate Sentinels") was organized at Pleasant Site. The last surviving Confederate veteran in Franklin County, Allen Haley Taylor, is buried in Pleasant Site.
References
- "Pleasant Site". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- Lynda Brown (January 1, 1998). Alabama History: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-313-28223-2.
- United Daughters of the Confederacy Patriot Ancestor Album. Turner Publishing Company. 1999. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-56311-530-1.
| Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Alabama, United States | ||
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| County seat: Russellville | ||
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