Mount Pleasant, Missouri

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Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Gentry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

Mount Pleasant was platted in 1856. [2] Mount Pleasant is a commendatory name. [3] A variant name was "Ellington". [3] A post office called Mount Pleasant was established in 1862, the name was changed to Ellington in 1879, and the post office closed in 1890. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Pleasant
  2. ↑ The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1882. p. 158.
  3. 1 2 "Gentry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2016.

40°13′38″N94°30′04″W / 40.22722°N 94.50107°W / 40.22722; -94.50107


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