Pleasant View is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and a
U.S. Post Office located in
Montezuma County,
Colorado
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, United States. The Pleasant View Post Office has the
ZIP Code 81331.
Pleasant View should not be confused with the
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
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
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties or the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
:
*
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, 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.
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.
See also
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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
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Colorado municipalities
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Hovenweep National Monument
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Lowry Ruin National Historic Landmark
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Old Spanish National Historic Trail
References
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Unincorporated communities in Montezuma County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado