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Mt. Pleasant, Ohio

Mount Pleasant, Ohio
Village
Union Street in Mount Pleasant
Union Street in Mount Pleasant
Location of Mount Pleasant, Ohio
Location of Mount Pleasant, Ohio
Location of Mount Pleasant in Jefferson County
Location of Mount Pleasant in Jefferson County
Coordinates: 40°10′32″N 80°47′59″W / 40.17556°N 80.79972°W / 40.17556; -80.79972Coordinates: 40°10′32″N 80°47′59″W / 40.17556°N 80.79972°W / 40.17556; -80.79972
Country United States
State Ohio
County Jefferson
Township Mount Pleasant
Area
 • Total 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
 • Land 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 1,240 ft (378 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 478
 • Estimate (2012) 466
 • Density 1,838.5/sq mi (709.8/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 43939
Area code(s) 740
FIPS code 39-52976
GNIS feature ID 1048993

Mount Pleasant is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 478 at the 2010 census. It is part of the WeirtonSteubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Mount Pleasant was laid out in 1803. It was named from its scenic landscape. An early variant name was Jesse-Bobtown.

In 1817, Quaker Charles Osborn established The Philanthropist, the first newspaper in the country advocating the abolition of slavery, in Mount Pleasant. The abolitionist James Birney would later adopt the name The Philanthropist for his anti-slavery newspaper, published in Cincinnati and distributed in New Richmond, Ohio beginning in 1836.

In 1821, the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy started publishing The Genius of Universal Emancipation, another abolitionist newspaper, also in Mount Pleasant. The paper eventually moved to Baltimore, Maryland. Lundy's house is a National Historic Landmark. Most of the village has been designated a historic district, the Mount Pleasant Historic District; it too is a National Historic Landmark.


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