Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Sutter County, California, United States. Pleasant Grove has a post office with ZIP code 95668.[2]
Pleasant Grove, California | |
|---|---|
 Pleasant Grove | |
| Nickname: Gouge-Eye | |
  Pleasant Grove, California  Pleasant Grove, California | |
| Coordinates: 38°49′26″N 121°29′02″W / 38.82389°N 121.48389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Sutter |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95668 |
| Area code(s) | 916, 279 |
| GNIS feature ID | 230798[1] |
History
editThe community originated as a wagon and freight stop and was nicknamed "Gouge-Eye" after a saloon fight in which one man gouged out the eye of another. The post office opened as Pleasant Grove Creek in 1867, became Pleasant Grove in 1875, and moved 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east in 1940.[3]
Geography
editPleasant Grove is on California State Routes 99 and 70, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of Nicolaus.
Education
editPleasant Grove is served by the Pleasant Grove Joint Union School District. Pleasant Grove School is in the community.
Media
editKFBK (AM) has a 50,000-watt transmitter on Pleasant Grove Road at Catlett Road in the community.[4]
Notable person
edit- Edwin E. Roberts, politician and mayor of Reno, Nevada.[5]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, California
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 539. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "KFBK-AM 1530 kHz - Sacramento, CA". radio-locator.com.
- ^ "Mayor E. E. Roberts Dies". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, NV. December 11, 1933. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
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