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The township includes the unincorporated communities of Welliversville, Mordansville, and Millertown. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 16.9 square miles (43.8 km 2 ), of which 16.8 square miles (43.4 km 2 ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km 2 ), or 0.93%, is water.
Sep. 3—Mt. Pleasant-area homes that have endured for generations will be showcased this month during the Westmoreland Historical Society's latest Historic House Tour. The self-guided tour runs ...
North Huntingdon Township: 30: Mount Pleasant Armory: Mount Pleasant Armory: December 22, 1989 : Eagle and Spring Streets: Mount Pleasant: Demolished in 1996 [7] 31: Mount Pleasant Historic District: Mount Pleasant Historic District: July 23, 1998
John's Burnt Mill Bridge, also known as Camelback Bridge, is a historic stone arch bridge in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1800 and 1823, and is a 75-foot-long (23 m), triple-arched fieldstone bridge. The bridge crosses the South Branch Conewago Creek. [2]
Roughly along Main, S. Church, Eagle, Walnut and College Sts., Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°08′54″N 79°32′41″W / 40.14833°N 79.54472°W / 40.14833; -79
The Mammoth Mine disaster or Frick Mine explosion occurred on January 27, 1891 just after 9:00 AM in the Mammoth No. 1 mine in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. [1] Newspapers reported [ 2 ] that firedamp was ignited by a miner's oil lamp , resulting in the deaths of 109 men and boys.
Calumet is a census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.Although the United States Census Bureau included it as a census-designated place with the nearby community of Norvelt for the 2000 census, they are in reality two very different communities, each reflecting a different chapter in how the Great Depression affected rural Pennsylvanians.
c. 1932, the H. C. Frick Coke Company closed and abandoned the Calumet Mine, located in nearby Calumet and sent a number of the miners to the Standard Shaft Mine near Mount Pleasant, and laid off the rest of the coal miners, leaving them to fend for themselves, with no compensation or means of support.