Pleasant Plains
A village in Sangamon County, Illinois — population 792 as of 2020.
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Local organizations receive AEDs through HSHS St. John’s Foundation
Ten local organizations now have access to a lifesaving tool that can help respond to sudden cardiac arrest, thanks to the Community AED Program. HSHS Prairie Cardiovascular and the HSHS St. John’s Foundation presented automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to representatives…
Community Groups & Organizations
Building a community where systems work together
Effectively addressing homelessness requires our community to do more than solve individual crises. We have to build deeply connected systems of care with the whole person in mind. In many communities, physical health, mental health, behavioral health and homeless services…
Community Groups & Organizations
The Stunt Driver has heart, Charlie Harper almost bearable
The quest for validation propels Driver Ken Polsjek lived his life with a well-earned chip on his shoulder. Abandoned by his father, brought up in poverty and likely struggling with an undiagnosed learning disability, the cross-eyed young man was bullied and ostracized, desperate…
Creatives & Arts
Mental Health Board picks executive director
The Sangamon County Mental Health Board chose a Springfield native and nonprofit leader to fill the executive director position at its September monthly meeting, as criticism of the board’s proceedings persist. Dr. Tatyana Gardner grew up on the city’s east side and currently…
Community Groups & OrganizationsAs our September comes to a close for weekend doings, fall is in the air and October rises to say howdy very soon. Shall we sneak a peek at this week to see what music we should seek? Okey dokey, if you say so. Understandably, one of my least favorite tasks in writing Now Playing…
Creatives & Arts
Sonic spontaneity returns to UIS
The Get Free Music Series, presented by the music program of University of Illinois Springfield, is the city’s only officially sanctioned platform for live, fully-improvised music. The fall 2026 series will kick off this Friday with a special concert featuring California-based…
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Pleasant Plains by the numbers
- Area
- 1.34 sq mi (3.46 km²)
- Median age
- 33.8
- Households
- 350
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $89,643
- Median house value
- $169,000
- Office
- VILLAGE PRESIDENT
- Address
- PO BOX 177, PLEASANT PLAINS, IL 62677