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History · Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant’s post office opened in 1851, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1920 on.

1851first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Mount Pleasant’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Mount Pleasant began

When was Mount Pleasant founded?

1851

The Mount Pleasant post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 619175 years
Founding year: the first Mount Pleasant post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mount Pleasant’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19203 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1971. Watch Mount Pleasant change.
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Start Mount Pleasant’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Pleasant’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewRapids School, 3516 Rapids Court: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Mount Pleasant on the map, 1920 to 1971

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mount Pleasant. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Mount Pleasant on the 1920 USGS mapMount Pleasant on the 1962 USGS mapMount Pleasant on the 1971 USGS map1920Monroe sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mount Pleasant.

The story so far

Mount Pleasant, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Pleasant yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

There is also the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County. Mount Pleasant is a town in Green County, Wisconsin, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 619. The unincorporated community of Schultz is located partially in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1851. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 598 to 619 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Mount Pleasant, 1851 to 1920

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Mount Pleasant post office opens
  3. 1851Post officeThe Mount Pleasant post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mount Pleasant, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Rapids School, 3516 Rapids CourtDate?Rapids School, 3516 Rapids CourtConrad Fox, Jr. House, 3500 Rapids CourtDate?Conrad Fox, Jr. House, 3500 Rapids Court
Then & 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.

Rapids School, 3516 Rapids Court
Retake this viewRapids School, 3516 Rapids Court

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Mount Pleasant’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Mount Pleasant

Nobody well known was born in Mount Pleasant itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Robert M. La FolletteAmerican progressive politician from Wisconsin · b. 1855
John Litel1892–1972; American film and television actor · b. 1892
Nathan Farragut TwiningUnited States general · b. 1897
Edwin Bingham CopelandAmerican botanist · b. 1873
Clint JonesSki jumper · b. 1984
M. Stanley LivingstonU.S.-American physicist · b. 1905
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Mount Pleasant had its own post office from 1851 to 1851.

Mount Pleasant
1851–1851
18501940today
1cemetery inside Mount Pleasant
Highland

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Monticello1 historic placeAWashington2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSylvesterIts storyB−ExeterIts storyBAlbanyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mount Pleasant’s history

What year was Mount Pleasant founded?

The Mount Pleasant post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.