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Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. [4] The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census , an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
The Former Mount Pleasant Public Library is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The library here was established in 1875. The library here was established in 1875. The community applied to Andrew Carnegie for a grant to build a new building, which was accepted on January 13, 1903.
The Camp Harlan-Camp McKean Historic District, also known as the Hugh B. and Mary H. Swan Farmstead and the Springdale Stock Farm, is a nationally recognized historic district located northwest of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]
The Pleasant Lawn School Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located northeast of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] At the time of its nomination it consisted of three resources, all of which are contributing buildings. [2]
Old Main is a historic building located on the Iowa Wesleyan University campus in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Built in 1854, when James Harlan was the college's president, it is the second building constructed on the campus after Pioneer Hall. [2] It is believed that Old Main was the first genuine collegiate building built in Iowa. [3]
The Des Moines Register, literally born in a log cabin, became Iowa's leading newspaper. See a timeline, 50 photos from Register and Iowa history.
Iowa Wesleyan University was a private university in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It was Iowa's first co-educational institution of higher learning and the oldest of its type west of the Mississippi River. The institution was affiliated with the United Methodist Church. [1]
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