Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Mount Pleasant (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mount Pleasant. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Mount Pleasant ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Pleasant. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Mount Pleasant is located in Cass County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Carroll, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Pulaski & White.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant:
- Cass County (The home county of Mount Pleasant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Leases Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
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- Verona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Twelve Mile
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Logansport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Dunkirk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Royal Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clymers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lake Cicott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Onward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Walton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Burrows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Deer Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Flora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Yeoman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Cutler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Radnor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Ockley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Geetingsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Middlefork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Bruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Leiters Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leiters Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiters Ford
- Delong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Delong is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delong
- Akron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Disko
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Cassville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Judson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Kokomo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shanghai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- West Middleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Plevna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Vermont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Alto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Russiaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Kosciusko County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Sevastopol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sevastopol is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevastopol
- Mentone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burket is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Claypool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Culver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Culver is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Argos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Old Tip Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Old Tip Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tip Town
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deedsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Denver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Macy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Bunker Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pettysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Gilead
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Loree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Miami
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- North Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Thornhope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Star City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Winamac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Beardstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Denham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Francesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Ora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Ober
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ober is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ober
- Aldine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Stockdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Richvalley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Roann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Laketon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wabash
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Treaty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- North Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Burnettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Headlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Idaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Sitka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Buffalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Indiana Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Springboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springboro is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
- Reynolds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pleasant.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Mount Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Sand Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Olde Towne Battlefield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Indian Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smalley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miami Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Metea
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Metea is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metea
- Verona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Fletcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Adamsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsboro is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsboro
- Twelve Mile
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Logansport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Grass Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anoka is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Perrysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Perrysburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
- Royal Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clymers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Howard County
- Kosciusko County
- Marshall County
- Miami County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Wabash County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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. |