Pleasant Hill is a village in

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in western

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 1,232. It is best known as the site of The Battle of Pleasant Hill, a Civil War engagement fought in April 1864.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.0 km), all land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 617 people, 273 households, and 122 families residing in the village.

2000 census

As of the 2000

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, there were 786 people, 293 households, and 200 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 337 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 58.78%

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, 35.11%

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, 3.18% Native American, 0.13%

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, and 2.80% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.91% of the population. There were 293 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were

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living together, 18.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.17. In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was $18,068, and the median income for a family was $35,625. Males had a median income of $38,125 versus $17,500 for females. The

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for the village was $13,188. About 26.8% of families and 30.5% of the population were below the

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, including 29.5% of those under age 18 and 43.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public schools in

are operated by the

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. The village of Pleasant Hill is zoned to Pleasant Hill High School (Grades PK-12).

More information

The Village of Pleasant Hill Historical Marker

Notable people

* Oscar K. Allen, governor of Louisiana from 1932–1936, taught school for a time at Pleasant Hill in the first decade of the 20th century. *

Edgar Hull Edgar Hull Jr. (February 20, 1904 – October 25, 1984), was a Louisiana physician. He was part of the founding faculty of the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, and later served as Dean of the Louisiana State University ...

, co-founder of both the

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and

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, practiced medicine in Pleasant Hill from 1929-1931.

Gallery

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Church in Pleasant Hill

References

{{authority control Villages in Louisiana Populated places in Ark-La-Tex Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana