Pleasant Gap is an unincorporated community in southeastern Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route 0 approximately ten miles southeast of Butler.
History
Pleasant Gap was laid out in about 1840. It was so named from its scenic setting in a gap. A post office called Pleasant Gap was established in 1840, and remained in operation until 1918.
References
- Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed, 1998, p. 42 ISBN 0899332242
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Gap, Missouri
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named (in public domain). The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 208.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
| Municipalities and communities of Bates County, Missouri, United States | ||
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| County seat: Butler | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
38°10′22″N 94°10′56″W / 38.17278°N 94.18222°W / 38.17278; -94.18222
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