Pleasant Grove, California
| Pleasant Grove, California | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Pleasant Grove, California | |
| Coordinates: 38°49′26″N 121°29′02″W / 38.82389°N 121.48389°WCoordinates: 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 | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 95668 |
| Area code(s) | 916 |
| GNIS feature ID | 230798[1] |
Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Sutter County, California, United States. Pleasant Grove is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) southeast of Nicolaus. Pleasant Grove has a post office with ZIP code 95668.[2] The community originated as a wagon and freight stop, and it earned the nickname 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]
References
- ↑ 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.
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