Pleasant Site, Alabama
Pleasant Site, Alabama | |
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| Coordinates: 34°32′31″N 88°03′55″W / 34.54194°N 88.06528°W | |
| 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[1] |
Pleasant Site is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Alabama, United States.
History
[edit]The name Pleasant Site comes from a subjectively descriptive term of the surrounding area.[2] A post office operated under the name Pleasant Site from 1843 to 1911.[3]
During the Civil War, Company B of the 27th Alabama Infantry (known as the "Confederate Sentinels") was organized at Pleasant Site.[4] The last surviving Confederate veteran in Franklin County, Allen Haley Taylor, is buried in Pleasant Site.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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