Pleasanton, Nebraska

Pleasanton, Nebraska
Pleasanton, looking northwest across the South Loup River
Pleasanton, looking northwest across the South Loup River
Location of Pleasanton, Nebraska
Location of Pleasanton, Nebraska
Coordinates: 40°58′12″N 99°05′16″W / 40.97000°N 99.08778°W / 40.97000; -99.08778
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyBuffalo
Government
 • MayorDean Smith
Area
 • Total
0.35 sq mi (0.92 km2)
 • Land0.35 sq mi (0.92 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation2,093 ft (638 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
361
 • Density1,016.90/sq mi (392.31/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68866
Area code308
FIPS code31-39450[3]
GNIS feature ID2398986[2]

Pleasanton is a village in Buffalo County in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 341.

Pleasanton was platted in 1890 when the Union Pacific railroad was extended to that point.[4] It got its name from its location in the Pleasant Valley of the Loup River.[4] Pleasanton was incorporated as a village in 1894.[5][6]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasanton, Nebraska
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 26. ISBN 0803250606.
  5. ^ Bassett, Samuel Clay (1916). Buffalo County, Nebraska, and Its People: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 283.
  6. ^ "Pleasanton, Buffalo County". Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies. University of Nebraska. Retrieved July 30, 2014.