| Pleasant Grove, Kansas | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Image Map1: | Map of Douglas Co, Ks, USA.png |
| Map Caption1: | KDOT map of Douglas County (legend) |
| Pushpin Map: | Kansas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Pleasant Grove |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 38.8556°N -95.2697°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Douglas |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1850s |
| Established Title1: | Platted |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 1083 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 20-56350 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 479511 |
Pleasant Grove is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located four miles south of Lawrence.
According to the Lawrence Journal-World, it is believed that the first organized Douglas County German Baptist group met in Pleasant Grove in 1858, in the house of Stephen Studebaker. Several years later, during Quantrill's Raid, William Quantrill and his men came close to Pleasant Grove after pillaging Lawrence. However, because many of the raiders were drunk and loud, the townsfolk were alerted to the raiders' presence. Nevertheless, Quantrill and his men razed a number of houses and barns in the area, looking for any anti-slavery settlers.
In 1877, the first German Baptist meeting house in the state of Kansas was built in the town.[1]
It had a post office from 1875 until 1900.[2]
In 1912, the small town had a population of 45 and received rural free delivery mail from nearby Baldwin City.[3]
The community is served by Lawrence USD 497 public school district.