Pleasant Hill in Pike County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pleasant Hill Area Veteran Memorial Flag Pole

Veteran Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, January 11, 2026

1. Veteran Memorial

Inscription. Pleasant Hill area
Veterans
Memorial
Flag Pole
2018

Erected 2018 by Central States Bank.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 39° 26.441′ N, 90° 52.067′ W. Memorial is in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, in Pike County. It is on Great River Road (State Road 96) 0.1 miles east of South Bay Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 501 E Quincy St, Pleasant Hill IL 62366, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Illinois River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of First Building in Pleasant Hill (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans Victory Park (approx. 4.1 miles away); The First U.S. Transcontinental Flight (approx. 4.6 miles away); Living with Floods (approx. 5.1 miles away in Missouri); Great Flood of 73 Volunteer Flood Fighters (approx. 5.2 miles away in Missouri); Eagle Days (approx. 5.2 miles away in Missouri); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.4 miles away in Missouri). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasant Hill.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2026, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 41 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on January 13, 2026, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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