Pleasant Plains

Pleasant Plains, off State Highway 110 fifteen miles northeast of Rusk in eastern Cherokee County, was probably first settled around the time of the Civil War. A school for black children was in operation there by 1896, when it had an enrollment of forty-three. In the mid-1930s the settlement had a church, a school, and a number of houses. The school was later closed, and in the early 1990s only a church and a few scattered houses remained in the area.

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Christopher Long | © TSHA

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Belongs to

Pleasant Plains is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Pleasant Plains is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 31.99988840
Longitude: -95.11633300

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No