Official Name: | Pleasant Grove, California |
Nickname: | Gouge-Eye |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sutter |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 49 |
Coordinates: | 38.8239°N -121.4839°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 95668 |
Area Code: | 916, 279 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 230798 |
Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Sutter County, California, United States. Pleasant Grove has a post office with ZIP code 95668.[1]
The 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 1.5miles east in 1940.[2]
Pleasant Grove is on California State Routes 99 and 70, 7.5miles southeast of Nicolaus.
Pleasant Grove is served by the Pleasant Grove Joint Union School District. Pleasant Grove School is in the community.
KFBK (AM) has a 50,000-watt transmitter on Pleasant Grove Road at Catlett Road in the community.[3]