Pleasant Hill Tennessee Map

About Pleasant Hill, Tennessee

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Benton County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 540. The population density is 127.9 people per km². Pleasant Hill is located at 35.9739°N, 85.2020°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pleasant Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 37060, 38320, 37876.

Pleasant Hill emerges from the quiet, inland landscape as a cluster of modest architecture defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Abbott Branch. It lies 21.6 miles east-northeast of Smith, TN (from Smith, TN: bearing 61°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southwest of Camden. The current of Abbott Branch serves as a slow, constant companion to the inhabitants, cutting through the terrain with a persistence that echoes the patient work of generations. Beyond the immediate banks, the land stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Pea Ridge, which anchors the western horizon in a jagged line of muted earth tones. The proximity of Natchez Trace State Forest & Wildlife Management Area provides a vast, verdant buffer for the local ecosystem, ensuring that the heavy, humid air of the afternoon remains thick with the scent of pine and damp soil. When the light shifts toward dusk, the shadows lengthen across the open fields, turning the grasses into a sea of amber that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the tree line.

History in Pleasant Hill is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the land and the quiet persistence of those who work it. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the stewardship of the surrounding woods, maintaining a pace that favors deliberate action over the frantic pulse of the city. While Lester Jackson Lake sits only a few miles away, offering a tranquil stillness to anyone who seeks it, the true character of the locality is found in the way neighbors interact over the simple maintenance of fences and the seasonal demands of the harvest. There is a profound, unadorned beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying hollows, revealing a landscape that has been tempered by time and left to grow on its own terms. Life in Pleasant Hill continues with an internal gravity, grounded by the steady flow of water and the quiet, expansive reach of the woods.

About This Pleasant Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.97389, -85.201987. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Pleasant Hill includes the ZIP code (37060, 38320, 37876), telephone area code (865, 423), county seat of Benton County (Camden), and school district assignment (Cumberland County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.