Which US state has three towns named Pleasantville?

Each of three Pennsylvania counties—Bedford, Berks, and Venango—has a Pleasantville. Wisconsin and Iowa each have one town named Pleasantville. Technically, Texas has a Houston neighborhood bearing that name.

Bedford: In 1783, Frances Drumgold sold the land for Pleasantvill. In 1827, the town became a stop on the Underground Railroad. The post office earlier established in Alum Bank was moved to Pleasantville (but kept the name Alum Bank) in 1855. As of the 2000 census, the town’s population was 211.

Berks: This Pleasantville is centered at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 73 and Covered Bridge Road, which uses Pleasantville Covered Bridge—one of only five in the county—to Cross Little Manatawny Creek. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Venango: The largest of the Commonwealth’s three places named Pleasantville—with a population of 892 at the 2010 census—the town boasts the Quinn House, a representation of pioneer housing. The town was part of the nation’s earliest oil rush, centering around nearby Titusville, where the first commercially successful oil well was drilled.

Canada’s YTV network’s “Big Wolf on Campus” was set in a fictional Pleasantville, as was the 1998 Gary Ross film, “Pleasantville.” The image is a still from the film.