The story
Read it all →How Mount Pleasant Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Mount Pleasant Township.
The Krepps Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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History · Mount Pleasant Township
Mount Pleasant Township dates to 1788, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns · #304 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Krepps Covered Bridge and the Leatherman Covered Bridge. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 2000.
1788founded
2on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Mount Pleasant Township began
When was Mount Pleasant Township founded?
1788
Mount Pleasant Township dates its founding to 1788 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.
First census: 3,422 in 20002020 census: 3,290238 years
How historic is Mount Pleasant Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 81% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1812.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Mount Pleasant Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mount Pleasant Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #304 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mount Pleasant Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1788, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194019.1% of homes (±5.8) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register2 listings, 6.0 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 81%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 71%
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Mount Pleasant Township’s 6.0 sits above most of its state (70% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1788.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.8 points).
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Mount Pleasant Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19043 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1969. Watch Mount Pleasant Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Mount Pleasant Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1788: 238 years of Mount Pleasant Township.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Mount Pleasant Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Pleasant Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Mount Pleasant Township on the map, 1904 to 1969
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mount Pleasant Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Burgettstown sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mount Pleasant Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Primrose, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hickory
Primrose
Westland
Southview
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HickoryPrimroseSouthviewWestland
1cemetery inside Mount Pleasant Township
Center
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Mount Pleasant Township, 1788 to 1930
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 18th century
- 1788FoundingMount Pleasant Township is established
- 19th century
- 1812Post officeThe Hickory post office opens
- 1880
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Washington County - Mount Pleasant… - 1886Post officeThe Primrose post office opens
- 20th century
- 1904
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1906Post officeThe Westland post office opens
- 1930Post officeThe Primrose post office closes
By decade
Mount Pleasant Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
2022
2014
2012Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Washington County - Mount Pleasant - ED 63-103, ED 63-104, 1880
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Mount Pleasant Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15On the National Register
2 historic places in Mount Pleasant Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Krepps Covered Bridge
Structures
Architectural styles listings
Kingpost Truss1
Queenpost Truss1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Mount Pleasant Township, census by census
Between 3,282 and 3,515 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mount Pleasant Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Mount Pleasant Township
Nobody well known was born in Mount Pleasant Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
J
Jay LivingstonAmerican composer and singer · b. 1915
E
Elva LawtonAmerican botanist and bryologist · b. 1896
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Hopewell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRobinson Township2 historic placesAChartiers Township1 historic placeB+Smith TownshipIts storyBCross Creek Township1 historic placeBCecil Township1 historic placeA−WestlandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCanton Township1 historic placeB+SouthviewIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Mount Pleasant Township’s history
What year was Mount Pleasant Township founded?
In 1788, according to Wikidata. Mount Pleasant Township’s post office opened in 1812, and the census of 2000 counted 3,422 people here.
How does Mount Pleasant Township rank for history?
Mount Pleasant Township is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns, #304 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Mount Pleasant Township?
Two places: the Krepps Covered Bridge (listed 1979) and the Leatherman Covered Bridge (1979).
How old are the homes in Mount Pleasant Township?
19% of Mount Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1973.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.