History · Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Mount Pleasant. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
3historic places
0recent photos

The story so far

from the U.S. Census

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 447 people in 2010, 447 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1989.

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Mount Pleasant, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

3 historic places in Mount Pleasant

3 places in Mount Pleasant are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#79
In Minnesotaby listings · most towns there have none
3places listed2 buildings · 1 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
2historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1975first listedPatrick H. Rahilly House · newest: Lake City and Rochester Stage Road-Mount Pleasant Section, 1991

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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