Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania

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Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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The welcome sign for the Village of Pleasant Mount.
Nickname(s): 
Mount Pleasant, [1] Mt. Pleasant, [2] Pleasant Mt. [3]
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Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania
Pleasant Mount's Location within Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 41°44′23″N75°26′4″W / 41.73972°N 75.43444°W / 41.73972; -75.43444 Coordinates: 41°44′23″N75°26′4″W / 41.73972°N 75.43444°W / 41.73972; -75.43444
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
U.S. Congressional District PA-10
School District Forest City Regional
County Wayne
Magisterial District 22-3-04 [4]
Township Mount Pleasant
SettledJune 1789 [5]
Founded bySamuel Stanton [5]
Named for Mount Pleasant Township
Elevation
1,982 [6]  ft (604 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP codes
18453 [3]
Area code(s) 570
GNIS feature ID1184047 [6]
FIPS code 42-127-51872 [7] -61344 [6]
Major Roads PA-170.svg PA-371.svg PA-670.svg
Waterways Biglow Lake, [8] Lackawaxen River (West Branch)

Pleasant Mount is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

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References

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  2. White & Dolph. p. 170.
  3. 1 2 "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Whaley, Samuel (1856). History of the Township of Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. A Discourse Delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1855. New York: M. W. Dodd. p.  9.
  6. 1 2 3 "Pleasant Mount". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Mount Pleasant Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved 30 January 2016.[ dead link ]
  8. "Biglow Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 18 February 2016.