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 hospitals 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 Westmoreland County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.
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:
- Westmoreland 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.
- Mount Joy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Iron Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- West Overton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Alverton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alverton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverton
- Hawkeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Kecksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Scottdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calumet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- United
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- United is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
- Hunker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Stanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Youngwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Buena Vista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Boston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Versailles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- White Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clairton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- West Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East McKeesport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKeesport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Edmon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Apollo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Apollo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Olivet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Orchard Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Laurelville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Bear Rocks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Everson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- White
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Connellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dickerson Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dickerson Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Run
- Champion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderbilt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Banning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Fuller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Stringtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Nemacolin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Rices Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carmichaels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Chartiers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- White
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Bow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Blairsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Robinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Black Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Josephine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Palmertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saltsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Bakersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Laurel Mountain Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Roytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- New Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Lexington is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Draketown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Lavansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lavansville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
- New Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Centerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Husband
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Husband is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husband
- Sipesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sipesville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipesville
- Jenners Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Casselman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Casselman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Confluence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Donora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allenport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Charleroi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dunlevy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Speers
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Speers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Twilight
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Blainsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- Black Diamond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- California
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coal Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
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.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Polish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairview Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Green Lick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scottdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stone Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Youngwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (331 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milliron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Feightner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mount Pleasant had a population of 3,652 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mount Pleasant had a population of 4,186 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Morewood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morewood is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
- West Overton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Iron Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Hawkeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Laurelville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Southwest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Southwest is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Ruffs Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarrs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scottdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Kecksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Weavers Old Stand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weavers Old Stand is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Old Stand
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Pennsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pennsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Foxtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Foxtown is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
- Mammoth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
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 the Vicinity of 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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mount Pleasant.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> of 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 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 Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'. |