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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Moore County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Moore County: Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond & Scotland.
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:
- Moore 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.
- Vass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whispering Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Southern Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Taylortown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Silver Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Pinebluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Foxfire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Foxfire is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Carbonton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carbonton is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonton
- Farmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gulf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gulf is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Brickhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Goldston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Haywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Haywood is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Moncure
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Fort Bragg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bonnie Doone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- North Point Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Kingsford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Fayetteville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Hope Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Johnsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Overhills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Spout Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Pineview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Murchisontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Murchisontown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisontown
- Olivia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barbecue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barbecue is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
- Twin Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Anderson Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Flat Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Norrington Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seminole
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seminole is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Boone Trail
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Trail is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Trail
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Ashley Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Silver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Raeford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockfish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Timberland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Bowmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Dundarrach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Gold Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Lemon Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
- Swann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Quail Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- White Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Carolina Trace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Parkwood Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- Saint Andrews
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Tramway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Jonesboro Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- Broadway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Sanford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Western Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Western Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Hoffman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Marston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Lumber Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Parkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Rex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Red Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rennert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Saint Pauls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- New Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Crump Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Wagram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Cypress Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Longstreet Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Vass.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47810 <3>
- Old Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pierce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crane Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- McQueen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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.
- Spout Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Manly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Manly is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manly
- Southern Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinebluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fayetteville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lumber Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carlos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carlos is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
- West End
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Roslin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roslin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
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 25 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 16 miles [25.7 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 North Carolina
- Pages specific to Moore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chatham County
- Cumberland County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Lee County
- Richmond County
- Robeson County
- Scotland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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. |