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: When we started collecting data about Mount Pleasant, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Mount Pleasant was listed as Mount Pleasant Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (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.