Pleasant Hill is a city in Cass and Jackson counties, Missouri, United States.

Pleasant Hill is home for the National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, Missouri office, which serves 37 counties in northern and western Missouri and seven counties in extreme east-central Kansas.

Wright and Methodist circuit rider William Ferrell operated a mercantile store.

[6] Wright also operated a 3-story tavern that was marked by a 12-foot high beacon atop a pole.

[7] It was an overnight stop for stagecoaches between Lexington, Missouri and Fort Scott, Kansas.

During the American Civil War and the run-up to it in the 1860s, Pleasant Hill was bitterly divided between the factions and was subject to numerous bushwhacking incidents.

In 1863 all residents in the area were forced to move from the community in General Order No.

[7] In 1865 after residents were able to return the city center moved one mile southwest down the hill to the railhead of the Pacific Railroad (the original town site is still within the city limits, however the area is now called "Old Town").

Pleasant Hill is located in northeastern Cass County at the intersection of Missouri routes 7 and 58 approximately ten miles north-northeast of Harrisonville.

Lee's Summit is ten miles to the northwest in adjacent Jackson County.

[11] The 2020 United States census[13] counted 8,777 people, 3,147 households, and 2,216 families in Pleasant Hill.

21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Pleasant Hill is the strongest contributor to the Pleasant Hill R-3 School District, which also includes students from the surrounding areas of Strasburg, East Lynne, and portions of unincorporated Cass County.