Pleasant Valley is a very small,
unincorporated community
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in
Washoe County,
Nevada
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,
United States
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. The ZIP Code for Pleasant Valley is 89521. The community is part of the
Reno
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...
–
Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
Interstate 580,
U.S. Route 395
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and
U.S. Route 395 Alternate run through it and act as dividers between the eastern and western halves of the valley.
See also
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1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake
The 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake occurred at in north-central Nevada. With a moment magnitude of 6.8, a surface wave magnitude of 7.7, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), it was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the s ...
- named for Pleasant Valley in Pershing County
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Pleasant Valley, White Pine County, Nevada
Pleasant Valley, is a ghost town, a historical mining town, and a former populated place in White Pine County, Nevada. There was a post office from March 1892 until April 1894.
In 1997, there were 8 families associated with the Apostolic United B ...
- a formerly populated place
References
Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Unincorporated communities in Nevada
Unincorporated communities in Washoe County, Nevada
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