Pleasant View is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and a

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located in

Montezuma County Montezuma County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,849. The county seat is Cortez. Mesa Verde National Park, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Yucca House National Monu ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

, United States. The Pleasant View Post Office has the ZIP Code 81331. Pleasant View should not be confused with the

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s in Jefferson County known as West Pleasant View and East Pleasant View.

History

Several historic places near or in Pleasant View are on the

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or the

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: * James A. Lancaster Site, also known as the Clawson Ruin, is an ancient pueblo archaeological site on the National Register of Historic Places * Pigge Site, located near

Lowry Ruin The Lowry Pueblo is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument near Pleasant View, Colorado, United States. The pueblo was constructed around 1060 AD atop abandoned pithouses from an earlier ...

, contains several pueblo ruins and a great kiva and is also on the National Register. * Puzzle House, is a pueblo settlement occupied three times, first about AD 650 and two occupations between AD 1075-1225. The site is on the state register.

Geography

Pleasant View is located at (37.588391,-108.765850).

Demographics

The median income for a household was $16,631 in 2009. In 2000, the median income for a household was $45,897. The median resident age was 38.6 years.

Education

Pleasant View Public Schools are part of the Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1. The district has one preschool, five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Pleasant View Elementary School is located in Pleasant View. The other schools in the district are located in Cortez, and include Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 Pre-School, Kemper Elementary School, Lewis-Arriola Elementary School, Manaugh Elementary School, Mesa Elementary Schools, Cortez Middle School and Montezuma-Cortez High School. The high school mascot is the Panthers.

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History

Geography

Demographics

Education

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