New Mount Pleasant, Indiana

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New Mount Pleasant, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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New Mount Pleasant
Coordinates: 40°21′21″N85°03′54″W / 40.35583°N 85.06500°W / 40.35583; -85.06500
Country United States
State Indiana
County Jay
Township Jefferson
Elevation
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1,034 ft (315 m)
ZIP code
47371
FIPS code 18-53316 [2]
GNIS feature ID440088 [1]

New Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana.

History

New Mount Pleasant was founded in 1838. [3] The community was named after a Friends meeting house in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. [4] A post office was established at New Mount Pleasant in 1839, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Mount Pleasant, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  239. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. This village was platted in 1838...
  4. ↑ Jay, Milton T. (1922). History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History, Volume 1. Historical Publishing Company. p. 106.
  5. ↑ "Jay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2014.


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