Pleasant Mount, Missouri

Pleasant Mount or Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Miller County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The historic community was located along the current Missouri Route FF on a hilltop approximately one-half mile north of the railroad line.[2] The current community of Mount Pleasant or Mt Pleasant is just south of U.S. Route 54, about three miles northeast of Eldon[3] at 38°22′05″N 92°31′25″W.[4][5]

History

Pleasant Mount was platted in 1838.[6] A post office called Pleasant Mount was established in 1847, and remained in operation until 1909.[7] A variant name is "Mount Pleasant".[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mount, Missouri
  2. Eldon, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1904
  3. Eldon, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mount, Missouri
  5. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  6. "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  7. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

38°22′35″N 92°31′22″W


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