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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.
Mount Pleasant, city, seat (1836) of Henry county, southeastern Iowa, U.S., near the Skunk River, 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Burlington. Settled in 1834, it was surveyed in 1837 and named for its commanding elevation and pleasant shade trees. It is the site of the state’s first courthouse (1839). A plank road was built from Burlington to ...
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The town of Mt. Pleasant was first incorporated by act of the Iowa Territorial Legislature, approved January 25,1842. The town charter provided for a city government, consisting of a president, four councilmen and a recorder, to hold their offices for one year.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
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Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Iowa. The first permanent settlement at Mount Pleasant was made in 1833.
