Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It is about 13 miles southeast of Baker City on U.S. Route 30, slightly bypassed by Interstate 84. Pleasant Valley was a way station on the Place Toll Road in 1865, and later a freight station on the railroad in 1884. Early Oregon Trail settlers farmed in the area. Pleasant Valley …Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It is about 13 miles southeast of Baker City on U.S. Route 30, slightly bypassed by Interstate 84. Pleasant Valley was a way station on the Place Toll Road in 1865, and later a freight station on the railroad in 1884. Early Oregon Trail settlers farmed in the area. Pleasant Valley post office was established in 1868 and operated for only two months. An office with the same name was established in 1890 and closed in 1962. According to the authors of Oregon Geographic Names, the community later consisted only of a motel and a Union Pacific Railroad station. By 2001, the motel had been converted into a residence.
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