History · Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mount Pleasant (or Mt. Pleasant) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, located along U.S. Highway 72 at State Highway 311. The community has a volunteer fire department on Boswell Road, and a K-12 school located off Highway 72. Per the 2020 Census, thr population was 293.

Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Pleasant yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mount Pleasant is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Pleasant has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Summer Trees in Red Banks, 6.1 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Summer Trees’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

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

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