Editing Pleasanton, Iowa (section)

==History==
Pleasanton was founded in 1854.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168 | title=History of Decatur County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1 | publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Smith, Heman Conoman | year=1915 | pages=168}}</ref> It was originally called Pleasant Plain, but the name was changed to avoid confusion with another community of that same name in the state.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxagLIZHNv4C&pg=PA183 | title=A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names | publisher=University of Iowa Press | author=Savage, Tom | date=Aug 1, 2007 | pages=183| isbn=9781587297595 }}</ref> The present name is commendatory.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mercer.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070345/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mercer.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Mercer County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 5, 2016}}</ref>