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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.
Mount Pleasant City Hall is the official seat of government of the city of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States.This 1½-story stone structure was designed by Burlington, Iowa architect William Weibley, and constructed by local builder K.A. Bergdahl.
Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,482. [1] The county seat is Mount Pleasant. [2] The county was named for General Henry Dodge, governor of Wisconsin Territory.
In the year 2000, the Iowa Capitol Police Division was placed into the Iowa State Patrol and became District 16. District 16 maintains a highly visible security presence on the 167-acre (0.68 km 2 ) Capitol Complex in Des Moines and the 6.5-acre (26,000 m 2 ) Terrace Hill Governor's Residence, the official residence of the governor of Iowa.
The first buildings used by Henry County government when it was organized in 1837 was a series of log cabins in Mount Pleasant. This was a typical practice of most counties in Iowa . [ 2 ] Plans for the first courthouse were accepted in June 1837, but construction of the 30-by-18-foot (9.1 by 5.5 m) structure was delayed and the building was ...
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As early as 1890, a movement was begun to build a fourth mental hospital in the state and northwest Iowa was the logical location for it. The plan was to relieve crowding from the other hospitals in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Clarinda, Iowa, Independence, Iowa, In 1894, Cherokee residents started an active campaign to get the legislature to select their city for the new hospital.
The Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute was a psychiatric institution located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA. Originally known as the Iowa Lunatic Asylum, it opened in 1861. [1] It is located on the same campus as The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility. There was also a labyrinth of tunnels which connected every building.