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Pleasant Garden, North Carolina
Town · Population 5,151 · #142 in North Carolina
About Pleasant Garden
Set in the northern part of North Carolina, Pleasant Garden is a close-knit town counting 5,151 people who proudly call it home.
Pleasant Garden holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 15.04 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 342 residents per square mile.
📰 Pleasant Garden News Today
- Pleasant Garden Community Recycling Event Guilford County (.gov) · Mar 14
- Pleasant Garden man says drones around home invade his privacy: ‘Devices themselves have more rights than the people’ FOX8 WGHP · Apr 2
- North Carolina man charged with felony burglary after break-in in Pleasant Garden WXLV · Jun 11
- Vickie McDaniel Obituary (2026) - Pleasant Garden, NC - Greensboro News & Record Legacy obituary · Jun 18
- State and researchers respond after PFAS found in Pleasant Garden fire department well wfmynews2.com · Nov 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Pleasant Garden Unique
- The only place in America named Pleasant Garden — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- Positioned in northern North Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of North Carolina — one of 776 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 5,151.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Pleasant Garden
📍 Avondale📍 Brookstone📍 Fieldstone📍 Foxcroft📍 Glendale Oaks📍 Greybridge📍 Monroe's MHP📍 Ward's Mill Park📍 Wolfetrail Run📍 Woodlake📍 Wynnmere
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Pleasant Garden
- Backyard Grille — burger
- Bill's Pizza Pub — pizza
- Hoba Sushi & Hibachi — japanese
- Los Koras — mexican
- Waffle House — american
- Cracker Barrel — american
- Dragon Express — chinese
- Hunt Brothers Pizza — pizza
- Libby Hill Seafood — seafood
- Mrs. Winners Chicken & Biscuits — chicken
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- The Richard Petty Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pleasant Garden
- Hagan Stone Park reviews ★
- Ivy Gardens · Garden reviews ★
- Shannon Hills Park reviews ★
- Shannon Woods Park reviews ★
- Woodlea Acres Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Pleasant Garden
- Pleasant Garden Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateNorth Carolina
TypeTown
Population (2024)5,151
Rank in state#142 of 549
Land area15.04 sq mi
Density342/sq mi
Coordinates35.9520, -79.7547