Pleasant Grove, MD

Pleasant Grove is a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The 2010 census counted 353 residents. Pleasant Grove is located east of Cumberland along Maryland Route 144, the old alignment of U.S. Route 40. Interstate 68, the new highway alignment, also runs through the CDP, with access via Exit 47 at the western end of the community. That mix gives Pleasant Grove a clear local shape within Maryland, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present.