Map of Pleasant Hill city, Iowa

Pleasant Hill is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,147 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. As of July 2005, Pleasant Hill was assigned a ZIP code, 50327.

Pleasant Hill city overview:
Name:	Pleasant Hill city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Polk County
Elevation:	876 ft (267 m)
Total Area:	10.85 sq mi (28.09 km²)
Land Area:	10.48 sq mi (27.13 km²)
Water Area:	0.37 sq mi (0.96 km²)
Total Population:	10,147
Population Density:	968.59/sq mi (373.98/km²)
ZIP code:	50317, 50327
Area code:	515
FIPS code:	1963525
GNISfeature ID:	0460234
Website:	www.pleasanthilliowa.org

Online Interactive Map

Click on to view map in "full screen" mode.

Pleasant Hill online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Pleasant Hill location map. Where is Pleasant Hill city?

Pleasant Hill location on the U.S. Map. Where is Pleasant Hill city. — Pleasant Hill location on the U.S. Map.

Pleasant Hill location on the Iowa map. Where is Pleasant Hill city. — Location of Pleasant Hill in Iowa.

History

Pleasant Hill incorporated as a city on May 12, 1956.

1983 explosion

On November 20, 1983, an explosion of an explosives storage bunker just south of Pleasant Hill occurred. Reports were that two teenagers were hunting around the area. One of the teenagers may have shot a bullet from a hill which penetrated the bunker ceiling, which was deemed the probable cause of the explosion. The two teenagers were killed in the explosion, leaving only small pieces of shirts. The explosion was felt 45 miles away from the site. At least 25 homes within a one-mile radius of the explosion suffered damage, doors and windows were blown out, ceilings fell and houses were knocked off their foundations, police said. One house, 300 yards directly up the valley from the shack, suffered an inch-wide crack the entire width of its basement wall.

Pleasant Hill Road Map

Pleasant Hill city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.29 square miles (24.06 km), of which 9.15 square miles (23.70 km) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km) is water.