Pleasant Hill is a town in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pleasant Hill had a population of 540.
History
Pleasant Hill was first settled by European Americans before 1819. In 1884 a teacher from the American Missionary Association (AMA) established the Pleasant Hill Academy to provide broad liberal arts education for rural youth, while also giving vocational training in agriculture and local skills. Its main building, Pioneer Hall, is still standing.
left|thumb|The Pleasant Hill Academy (now Pioneer Hall)
May Cravath Wharton, an early woman physician from Minnesota, established a medical clinic at the academy, where her husband was the director. Wharton also cared for people in the community. They invited her to stay after the death of her husband Edwin.
Geography
Pleasant Hill is located at (35.976915, -85.200229). The town is situated in a hilly area along the western Cumberland Plateau. In the northwestern part of the town, Frey Branch is impounded by two dams, Lake Laura Dam and Lake Alice Dam, to create two small lakes, Upland Lake and Lake Alice, respectively.
U.S. Route 70 passes through the southern portion of Pleasant Hill, connecting the town with Crossville to the east and Sparta to the west.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.64% is water.
Demographics
As of the census
- Helen S. Mitchell (1895–1984), died at Uplands Sanatorium.
- Earl Webb, baseball player.
- May Cravath Wharton (1873–1959), an early woman physician from Minnesota, who created the first hospital and sanatorium in the area at Pleasant Hill, and later established Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville.