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Mount Pleasant, SC

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Suburban town
Town of Mount Pleasant
Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant
Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant
Official seal of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Seal
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina is located in South Carolina
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Location of Mount Pleasant in South Carolina
Coordinates: 32°47′13″N 79°52′35″W / 32.78694°N 79.87639°W / 32.78694; -79.87639Coordinates: 32°47′13″N 79°52′35″W / 32.78694°N 79.87639°W / 32.78694; -79.87639
Country United States
State South Carolina
County Charleston
Government
 • Mayor Linda Page
Area
 • Total 52.6 sq mi (136.2 km2)
 • Land 45.1 sq mi (116.8 km2)
 • Water 7.5 sq mi (19.5 km2)
Elevation 16 ft (5 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 67,843
 • Estimate (2015) 81,317
 • Rank US: 446th
 • Density 1,505/sq mi (581.0/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 29464-29466
Area code 843
FIPS code 45-48535
GNIS feature ID 1224770
Website www.townofmountpleasant.com

Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is the fourth-largest municipality in South Carolina, and for several years it was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000. The population was 67,843 at the 2010 census, and the estimated population in 2014 was 77,796. It is the third-largest municipality in the Charleston – North Charleston – Summerville metropolitan area, behind Charleston and North Charleston.

At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriots Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship. The Ravenel Bridge, an eight-lane highway that was completed in 2005, spans the Cooper River and links Mount Pleasant with the city of Charleston.

The site of Mount Pleasant was originally occupied by the Sewee people, an Algonquian language-speaking tribe. The first white settlers arrived from England on July 6, 1680, under the leadership of Captain Florentia O'Sullivan. Captain O'Sullivan had been granted 2,340 acres (950 ha), which included not only the island that bears his name, but also the land that was to become Mount Pleasant. On the earliest map of the time this area was called "North Point".

In 1696, 51 new settlers arrived. Each family was allotted several hundred acres in the area that became known as Christ Church parish. In 1706 the Province of Carolina withstood several attacks by the Spanish and the French from their settlements to the south and were victorious in defeating French invaders in an area known as "Abcaw".

The area of "Abcaw" was Hobcaw Plantation, located between Shem Creek and the Wando River. Later, it was also known as Shipyard Plantation because its deep water and abundance of good timber made it ideal for a prosperous shipbuilding enterprise. Lands adjacent to Hobcaw Point were owned at different times by several different families, many of which maintained ferries which served Mount Pleasant.


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