Welcome to Mount Pleasant ...
So far, we found very little information about Mount Pleasant. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mount Pleasant to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Mount Pleasant - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Mount Pleasant, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Mount Pleasant , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Pleasant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.
A typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
Time Zone: The area where Mount Pleasant was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Mount Pleasant once stood is in the (417) area code.
Communities Also Named Mount Pleasant ...
While we believe that this Mount Pleasant is located in Lawrence County, we know of another 3 Missouri communities named Mount Pleasant. Those communities are located in the following counties: Gentry, Miller and Saint Louis City.
Beyond Missouri, there are 157 communities that are also named Mount Pleasant - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas (6), British Columbia, California, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (7), Illinois (3), Indiana (6), Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (3), Maryland (7), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Mississippi (5), New Brunswick, New Jersey (7), New York (5), North Carolina (10), Nova Scotia (5), Ohio (8), Ontario (8), Oregon, Pennsylvania (22), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee (6), Texas (4), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (9), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
Adding Mount Pleasant to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Mount Pleasant in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Pleasant was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
We also found Mount Pleasant in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Pleasant.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |