Welcome to Pleasant Mount ...

Pleasant Mount is located in Wayne County<1>.

The location of Pleasant Mount has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pleasant Mount, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Mount: Pleasant Mt. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Mnt.)

Pleasant Mount is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Pleasant Mount lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Pleasant Mount is within the (570) area code.

Communities Also Named Pleasant Mount ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pleasant Mount - it's located in Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Mount.

Communities near Pleasant Mount ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pleasant Mount.

• Carbondale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Carbondale is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,380 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbondale <4>
• Archbald
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Archbald have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archbald
  • Archbald is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Archbald <4>
• Blakely
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blakely have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely
  • Blakely is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,174 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blakely <4>
• Jessup
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessup have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
  • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <4>
• Honesdale
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honesdale
  • Honesdale is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honesdale <4>
• Jermyn
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jermyn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jermyn
  • Jermyn is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jermyn <4>
• Forest City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
  • Forest City is located in Susquehanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,721 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <4>
• Mayfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
  • Mayfield is located in Lackawanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayfield <4>
• Susquehanna Depot
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Susquehanna Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Depot
  • Susquehanna Depot is located in Susquehanna County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
• Waymart
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymart
  • Waymart is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waymart <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pleasant Mount. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Mount.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pleasant Mount. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Mount.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Mount. See our Newspapers Page for Pleasant Mount.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Mount ...

Looking for more information about Pleasant Mount? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pleasant Mount, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant Mount.

Adding Pleasant Mount to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pleasant Mount in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pleasant Mount was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pleasant Mount post office opened in 1828.

We also found Pleasant Mount in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pleasant Mount.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Mount. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/