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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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Nash 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 Nash County: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren & Wilson.
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:
- Nash 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.
- Bailey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- High Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- High Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossroads
- Floods Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Floods Chapel is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floods Chapel
- Frazier Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Stanhope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Samaria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Middlesex
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
- Lamm Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lamm Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamm Crossroads
- Strickland Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Rogers Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossroads
- Union Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mercer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Macclesfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Battleboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsboro is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsboro
- Pinetops
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsease
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsease is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsease
- Cobb Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Henrietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Sharp Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
- Whitakers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Sutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bunn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- White Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Louisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Youngsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Ingleside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Wake Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Lake View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Speights Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Fieldsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsboro is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsboro
- Walstonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Contentnea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Stancils Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Kenly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Archer Lodge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Micro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Rains Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rains Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains Crossroads
- Redwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Wilson's Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Pine Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Princeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pitt County
- Fountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Shotwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Rolesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Knightdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Emerald Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Emerald Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Village
- Neuse Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Neuse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Skycrest Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Skycrest Village is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skycrest Village
- Warren County
- Lickskillet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Fremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nahunta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nahunta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahunta
- Pikeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Raynor Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Raynor Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor Town
- Saulston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Goldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Sims
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Spring Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lucama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elm City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Black Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
- Eastwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Saratoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Stantonsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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.
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eli P. Haynes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Church of Christ Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jack Bailey Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jordan Godwin Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Wakefield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hocutt Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Stanhope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Connor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Connor is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
- Union Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Spring Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Earpsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Hunts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Sutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lucama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wendell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elm City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kenly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Justice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
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 36 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 15 miles [24.1 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Nash County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Pitt County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wayne County
- Wilson 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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. |