Pleasant Ridge, KY

Pleasant Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Daviess and Ohio counties, Kentucky, United States. The 2020 census counted 578 residents. Pleasant Ridge is in the southeastern part of Daviess County and the northwestern part of Ohio County, 14 miles southeast of Owensboro and 11 miles northwest of Hartford. U.S. Route 231 passes through the community, connecting the two cities. That mix gives Pleasant Ridge a clear local shape within Kentucky, 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.