Pleasant Hill Texas Map

About Pleasant Hill, Texas

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Polk County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 610. The population density is 88.9 people per km². Pleasant Hill is located at 31.0023°N, 94.7921°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78745, 75563, 79359.

Pleasant Hill manifests as a quiet intersection of red-clay earth and dense woodland, where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the East Texas timberlands. It lies 23.1 miles south of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 190°T), and is situated 12.4 miles south of Diboll. The landscape around Pleasant Hill is marked by the slow, rhythmic crawl of Creeds Creek, which slices through the soil only a mile away, feeding the thirsty roots of loblolly pines and post oaks. While Big Hill rises thirteen miles distant to break the monotony of the flat horizon, the immediate terrain remains defined by the soft, porous ground that holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped below the canopy. Ten miles away, the vast, protected expanse of Davy Crockett National Forest acts as a verdant lungs for the region, casting a deep, cooling shadow over the surrounding plains and ensuring that the air remains heavy with the scent of damp pine needles and turned earth.

Economic life in Pleasant Hill has long been tied to the slow yield of the land and the patient work of those who harvest its resources, a tradition that persists even as modern commerce shifts toward the periphery. Residents often look toward the nearby Bull Creek Trail, eight miles out, for a sense of perspective, finding in the quiet passage of the woods a reprieve from the labor of the timber mills and small-scale agriculture that have historically sustained the local families. On weekends, the focus often drifts toward the quiet, glassy surface of Brushy Lake, located eleven miles away, where the water mirrors the shifting orange and violet hues of the dusk sky. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the cyclical demands of the seasons and the enduring silence of the forest that encroaches upon the town’s edges, reminding everyone that the land remains the final authority on how their days are spent.

About This Pleasant Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Hill, Texas. Coordinates: 31.002272, -94.792074. 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 (78745, 75563, 79359), telephone area code (806, 903), county seat of Polk County (Livingston), and school district assignment (Corrigan-Camden Independent 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.