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Mount Pleasant

A township of 4,720 people in Whiteside County, Illinois
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Map of Mount Pleasant: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land0.3%75 of 22,774 acres
Trails6.8 mi0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves716 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

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School Grade C+

The public schools Mount Pleasant’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#182Best public schoolsof 384 in IL
DistrictMorrison CUSD 6Schools9

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