 pleasant grove is a city in western jefferson county, alabama. it is part of the birmingham metropolitan area. its nickname is "the good neighbor city". at the 2010 census the population was 10,110. ==history== it was established in 1889, but incorporated as a city in january 1937. the incorporation came about by reason of a rather unusual circumstance. the town sits on land honeycombed by coal mines. for many years the residents had relied on water wells for their water supply. as years passed and more mining was done, pleasant grove found itself confronted with a problem. residents would sometimes go to their well to draw water only to find there was none. the water had gone into the mines. during the mid to late 30âs, the federal government had a program for financing the building of local water systems. in exploring the possibility of securing such funds, it was revealed that in order to secure such financing a community must be legally incorpor
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