Pleasant Site, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 34°32′31″N 88°03′55″W / 34.54194°N 88.06528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Franklin |
Elevation | 515 ft (157 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
GNIS feature ID | 125042[1] |
Pleasant Site is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Alabama, United States.
The name Pleasant Site comes from a subjectively descriptive term of the surrounding area.[2] A post office operated under the name Pleasant Site from 1843 to 1911.[3]
During the Civil War, Company B of the 27th Alabama Infantry (known as the "Confederate Sentinels") was organized at Pleasant Site.[4] The last surviving Confederate veteran in Franklin County, Allen Haley Taylor, is buried in Pleasant Site.[5]