Mount Pleasant
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city in Henry County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Henry
- Incorporated
- July 15, 1856
- Mayor
- Steve Brimhall
- Total
- 8.64 sq mi (22.39 km )
- Land
- 8.63 sq mi (22.35 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 728 ft (222 m)
- Density
- 1,070/sq mi (415/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-54705
- Website
- cityofmountpleasantiowa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census, an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census. It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Pleasant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.