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Village · Buffalo County · Population 361 (2020 census) · ZIP 68866 · Founded 1890 · Peak population 372 (1990)

About Pleasanton

Pleasanton is a village of 361 people (2020) in north-central Buffalo County, at 2,093 feet on NE 10 on the north side of the South Loup River, about 18 miles north of Kearney. Pleasanton Public Schools teaches preschool through grade 12, and The Greens at Prairie Hills is nearby on NE 10. Pleasanton is on Central Time.

History

Settlers here had the Riverview post office from 1883 and a stage stop at Peters’ Bridge. The Union Pacific built a branch from Boelus up the South Loup valley, and the first train arrived on March 1, 1890; the town was platted that April and named for Pleasant Valley, as settlers called this stretch of the valley. It was incorporated in 1894. A cyclone struck in 1890, three fires followed in 1892–94, an ice-jam flood in 1907 damaged the school (a brick school was built on the hill in 1909), and floods came again in 1924 and 1947; the 1947 flood washed out the railroad and ended service. The 1890 depot, still on its original foundation, was restored from 2005 to 2012 by the Pleasanton High School FBLA chapter. The population peaked at 372 in 1990. Pitcher Win Noyes was born in the Pleasanton area in 1889.

Highways and trails through Pleasanton

Route	One way	Other way
NE 10Through the village	North to Hazard and Loup City	South to Glenwood and Kearney

Nearby towns

Poole	about 6 mi east	County roads
Sartoria	about 7 mi west	County roads
Sweetwater	about 7 mi northeast	County roads
Prairie Center	about 8 mi south-southeast	NE 10
Hazard	about 8 mi north	NE 10
Ravenna	about 10 mi east-northeast	County roads
Amherst	about 13 mi southwest	County roads
Litchfield	about 13 mi north-northwest	County roads
Riverdale	about 13 mi south-southwest	County roads
Glenwood	about 15 mi south	NE 10
Kearney	about 19 mi south	NE 10

Things to see

the Pleasanton Railroad Depot (1890), restored by students, in the village park · The Greens at Prairie Hills, 21595 Hwy 10 · fishing and canoeing on the South Loup

Schools and health care

Schools: Pleasanton Public Schools, 303 W. Church St., (308) 388-2041: elementary (PreK–6) and high school (7–12)

Health care: Hospitals: CHI Health Good Samaritan and Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, about 19 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Bassett, History of Buffalo County and Its People (1916); Who’s Who in Nebraska (1940); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); NEGenWeb Buffalo County; History Nebraska and its markers; National Register; Buffalo County; City of Kearney; Visit Kearney; Nebraska Game and Parks; Central Platte NRD; Audubon Rowe Sanctuary; Kearney Regional Airport; school districts. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.