Pleasant Grove, Mississippi

Pleasant Grove, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Grove, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°26′21″N 90°05′22″W / 34.43917°N 90.08944°W / 34.43917; -90.08944Coordinates: 34°26′21″N 90°05′22″W / 34.43917°N 90.08944°W / 34.43917; -90.08944
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Panola
Elevation	325 ft (99 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	675981[1]

Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Mississippi. Pleasant Grove is approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Sardis, along Mississippi Highway 315.

The Pleasant Grove Methodist Church and Pleasant Grove Cemetery are both located there. The Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department services the community. The Pleasant Grove School has been demolished.^[2]

Notable people

• Wyatt Emory Cooper, author and screenwriter. Husband of Gloria Vanderbilt.^[3]
• Big Daddy Kinsey, musician.^[4]
• Willie Mitchell, professional baseball player.^[5]

References

1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, Mississippi
2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Grove, Mississippi
3. ↑ Barnwell, Marion (1997). A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives. University Press of Mississippi. 
4. ↑ O'Neal, Jim. "Big Daddy Kinsey - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-12-17. 
5. ↑ "William Mitchell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 2013. 

v t e Municipalities and communities of Panola County, Mississippi, United States County seats: Batesville and Sardis City Batesville Towns Como Courtland Crenshaw‡ Crowder‡ Sardis Village Pope Unincorporated communities Askew Ballentine Curtis Station Glenville Locke Station‡ Longtown Pleasant Grove Ghost town Tocowa Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties