Mount Pleasant, Missouri
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]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Pleasant
- ^ The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1882. p. 158.
- ^ a b "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) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
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