Pleasant Hill, Missouri

Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri. The district includes 53 contributing buildings, a contributing site, and a contributing structure in the central business district of Pleasant Hill. It developed between about 1865 and 1959, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Jacobethan Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Modern Movement style architecture. Notable buildings include: the Missouri Pacific Depot (1903), 100 Wyoming St., a one-story brick railroad depot; Sinclair Fuel and Service Station (c. 1950), 204 S. First St., one-story concrete block commercial building; Benson Brothers Lumber Company (1925), 215 S. First St., a brick, false front commercial block, plus a contributing shed; J. R. Prewitt & Sons Manufacturing, Inc. (c. 1926), 201C S. First St., a brick one-part commercial block, with broad stepped parapet walls; Knorpp's Opera House (c. 1880), 135 S. First St., a two-part commercial block; Wherritt Building (1924), 123 S. First St., brick one-part commercial block with a clipped corner entrance, surmounted by front facade parapet with modest crenellation; Booth Public Library (1948), 125 S. Lake St., a concrete block, one-story Modern Movement building with an irregular footprint; Municipal Power Plant (1939), 300 Commercial St., two-story brick government building, with brick pilasters, limestone windowsills and parapet coping, decorative limestone blocks, and soldier brick lintels; Pleasant Hill Post Office (1938), 124 S. Lake St., Colonial Revival brick one-part commercial block, with a stone belt course and parapet coping. Tucker Inn (1911), 306 Cedar St., brick two-part commercial block; People's Theatre (c.1909), 108-110 S. Lake, brick and reinforced concrete two-part commercial block, with a vertical neon sign and large entrance awning; Pleasant Hill City Hall (1959), 203 Paul St., low, horizontal-form building constructed of salmon-colored brick; Memorial Building (1948), 212 Cedar St., brick with a stepped front parapet, stone coping, and header brick windowsills.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Baldwin Park is a village in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 92 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Pleasant Hill High School is a public high school located in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, United States. PHHS serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Pleasant Hill R-III School District.

The Pleasant Hill Historical Society Museum is a public museum and research library located at 125 Wyoming St. in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. It features a collection of 8,000 indexed photographs dating back to the late 1880s, artifacts, and historical and genealogical resources from Pleasant Hill. The museum is not funded by the city of Pleasant Hill; its primary fundraiser is Railroad Days, which takes place annually in April.The museum's facade includes elements of historic local buildings. The historical society and museum was a contributor to the development of the nomination for National Register of Historic Places listing of the Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District. The district is adjacent, including 115 Wyoming St. and buildings on the other side; it includes 53 contributing buildings on 19.5 acres (7.9 ha).

Pleasant Hill Township is an inactive township in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Pleasant Hill Township was established in 1872, taking its name from Pleasant Hill, Missouri.Duncan Branch and Big Creek flow through this township.

Duncan Branch is a stream in Cass County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek. Duncan Branch has the name of James L. Duncan, a pioneer settler.

Cockrell is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Greenwood is a city in Jackson and Cass counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 5,221 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Big Creek Township is an inactive township in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Big Creek Township, home to Kanye’s Mom, was established in 1872, taking its name from Big Creek.

Polk Township is an inactive township in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Polk Township was established in 1872, taking its name from President James K. Polk.

Wingate is an unincorporated community in northeast Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.The community is on Missouri Route P approximately five miles southeast of Pleasant Hill and nine miles northeast of Harrisonville. Big Creek flows past approximately one mile to the north and east. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line passes the southwest side of the community.Wingate was platted in 1904, and named in honor of Joseph Wingate Folk, 31st Governor of Missouri.

The Battle of Lone Jack was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on August 15–16, 1862 in Jackson County, Missouri. The battle was part of the Confederate guerrilla and recruiting campaign in Missouri in 1862.