Pleasant Hill is a rural community that is located three and one half miles Northwest of Linden, Texas, on FM 1399. The heart of the community is centered the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church and was organized in the early 1840’s by Reverends C.C. Clark, Charlie Love, Matt Ellis and W.H. Whiten. The first meeting place was a Brush Arbor. The first member was Pleasant Warren who was the namesake for the community, and Reverend Love was the first pastor. Pleasant Hill is on record as the oldest church in the Unity Baptist Association and the oldest Black church in the Linden, Texas area.

Reverends C.C. Clark, Charlie Love, Matt Ellis and W.H. Whiten. The first meeting place was a Brush Arbor. The first member was Pleasant Warren who was the namesake for the community, and Reverend Love was the first pastor. Pleasant Hill is on record as the oldest church in the Unity Baptist Association and the oldest Black church in the Linden, Texas area.