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 / 38.36806°N 92.52361°W.[4][5]
History[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mount, Missouri
- ^ Eldon, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1904
- ^ Eldon, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mount, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ a b "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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38°22′35″N 92°31′22″W / 38.37639°N 92.52278°W
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