Pleasant Hill is a town in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States.

[6] In 1884 a teacher from the American Missionary Association (AMA) established the Pleasant Hill Academy to provide broad liberal arts education for rural youth, while also giving vocational training in agriculture and local skills.

May Cravath Wharton, an early woman physician from Minnesota, established a medical clinic at the academy, where her husband was the director.

[7] Wharton created a small hospital and, with successful fundraising in New England through the AMA, she was able to add a sanatorium annex for the care of people with tuberculosis.

The Uplands Sanatorium was adapted as a retirement home when the hospital was relocated to Crossville, the county seat.

[10] The town is situated in a hilly area along the western Cumberland Plateau.

U.S. Route 70 passes through the southern portion of Pleasant Hill, connecting the town with Crossville to the east and Sparta to the west.