Editing Pleasant Grove, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
Pleasant Grove is close to the geographic center of Muskingum County and is at the southern end of [[Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio|Washington Township]]. It is bordered to the south by [[Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio|Wayne Township]] and to the southwest by the city of [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]], the [[county seat]].

Several highways cross Pleasant Grove. [[Interstate 70]] runs across the center of the CDP, with access from Exit 157, while U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 40|40]] and [[U.S. Route 22|22]] run concurrently through the community as East Pike, south of I-70. All three highways lead west into Zanesville and east {{convert|12|mi}} to [[New Concord, Ohio|New Concord]]. [[Ohio State Route 93]] leads north from Routes 40 and 22 {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Adamsville, Ohio|Adamsville]] and joins the other two highways leading west into Zanesville.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Pleasant Grove CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqmi|2}}, or 0.22%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> The community is drained to the west by Mill Run and tributaries and to the east by a tributary of Boggs Creek; both Mill Run and Boggs Creek are tributaries of the [[Muskingum River]].