Pleasantville Map
Pleasantville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,539 at the 2000 census.
Pleasantville was surveyed and established as a town on August 1, 1849 on land then owned by William Wesley Jordan. Previous to the ownership of Mr. Jordan, the land comprising the original town plot of Pleasantville changed hands for one horse and $30.
A petition for incorporation was filed in District Court on June 11, 1872 with an election subsequently held in which there were 46 votes in favor and 16 votes against.
Nearby cities include Milo, Monroe, Carlisle, Prairie City, Lacona.