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Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,676 at the time of the 2020 census. Pleasantville is most famous for being the corporate headquarters of Smokey Row Coffee.
Pleasantville was surveyed and established as a town on August 1, 1849 on land then owned by William Wesley Jordan. Previous to the ownership of Mr. Jordan, the land comprising the original town plot of Pleasantville changed hands for one horse and $30.
A petition for incorporation was filed in District Court on June 11, 1872 with an election subsequently held in which there were 46 votes in favor and 16 votes against.
The completion of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line through Pleasantville in 1879 caused an increase in development and Pleasantville became one of the active business centers in Marion County and the principal shipping point between Knoxville and Des Moines.
The earliest population figures available begin in 1900 with 738 residents.
The first school was built in the fall of 1847, and in 1868, the school district joined with the Masonic Lodge in building a three-story brick building that remained a school facility until 1992. Today, the Pleasantville School district consists of three buildings, an elementary, a middle school, and a high school.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.54 square miles (6.58 km2), of which, 2.53 square miles (6.55 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water.
As of the 2020 census, Pleasantville had a population of 1,676 and 413 families residing in the city. The population density was 685.0 inhabitants per square mile (264.5/km2). There were 711 housing units at an average density of 290.6 per square mile (112.2/km2).
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Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,676 at the time of the 2020 census. Pleasantville is most famous for being the corporate headquarters of Smokey Row Coffee.
Pleasantville was surveyed and established as a town on August 1, 1849 on land then owned by William Wesley Jordan. Previous to the ownership of Mr. Jordan, the land comprising the original town plot of Pleasantville changed hands for one horse and $30.
A petition for incorporation was filed in District Court on June 11, 1872 with an election subsequently held in which there were 46 votes in favor and 16 votes against.
The completion of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line through Pleasantville in 1879 caused an increase in development and Pleasantville became one of the active business centers in Marion County and the principal shipping point between Knoxville and Des Moines.
The earliest population figures available begin in 1900 with 738 residents.
The first school was built in the fall of 1847, and in 1868, the school district joined with the Masonic Lodge in building a three-story brick building that remained a school facility until 1992. Today, the Pleasantville School district consists of three buildings, an elementary, a middle school, and a high school.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.54 square miles (6.58 km2), of which, 2.53 square miles (6.55 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water.
As of the 2020 census, Pleasantville had a population of 1,676 and 413 families residing in the city. The population density was 685.0 inhabitants per square mile (264.5/km2). There were 711 housing units at an average density of 290.6 per square mile (112.2/km2).