Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Mount Pleasant came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Mount Pleasant in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Pleasant. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Mount Pleasant data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mount Pleasant:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Mount Pleasant was listed as Mount Pleasant Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Mount Pleasant is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Mount Pleasant in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Mount Pleasant for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Mount Pleasant. See our Misc Page for Mount Pleasant for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Mount Pleasant:

Mount Pleasant was mentioned in the following schedule:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

The following route mentioned Mount Pleasant as a scheduled stop:

The California Zephyr: From Amtrak's timetable for the California Zephyr (train schedule from 2017). The defunct California Zephyr travelled between Chicago (IL) and Ememeryville (CA) - with bus service to San Francisco (CA)