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Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. [4] The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census , an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
Iowa Wesleyan University was a private university in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was Iowa's first co-educational institution of higher learning and the oldest of its type west of the Mississippi River. The institution was affiliated with the United Methodist Church. [1]
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Pages in category "People from Mount Pleasant, Iowa" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Allert Olson was born in Rudd Township, Floyd County, Iowa, to parents Martin B. and Martha M. Olson on March 13, 1896. He was educated in rural schools, the Cedar Valley Seminary and Osage High School. Olson subsequently attended Iowa State College for approximately three semesters until his January 1918 enlistment in the United States Army.
The first buildings used by Henry County government when it was organized in 1837 was a series of log cabins in Mount Pleasant. This was a typical practice of most counties in Iowa . [ 2 ] Plans for the first courthouse were accepted in June 1837, but construction of the 30-by-18-foot (9.1 by 5.5 m) structure was delayed and the building was ...
Pleasant Township covers an area of 39.2 square miles (101.4 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Cincinnati. According to the USGS, it contains nine cemeteries: Adamson, Baker, Boswell, Evergreen, Morrison, Motto, Pleasant Hill, Porter and White.
Pleasant Township is a township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. According to the Office of the Census of the United States, the township has a total surface of 92.35 square kilometer. About 251 people live in Pleasant Township. The population density is 2.72 inhabitants/km 2. [1]
Mount Pleasant City Hall is the official seat of government of the city of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States.This 1½-story stone structure was designed by Burlington, Iowa architect William Weibley, and constructed by local builder K.A. Bergdahl.