Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Official seal of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Location of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Location of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Mount Pleasant is a town/city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States.
Mount Pleasant is the place of birth of Confederate Sam R.
4.2 City Mayor Settlement of Mount Pleasant began in the early 1800s, and increased following the assembly of the Military Road connecting Nashville and Madisonville, Louisiana, in 1817.
By the time Mount Pleasant incorporated as a town/city in 1824, it was home to a store, tavern, and a several churches. In 1895, brown phosphate modern was identified in Mount Pleasant, dominant to a quarrying boom, and giving the town/city its nickname.
Within a several years, ten phosphate quarrying companies were operating in Mount Pleasant, producing over 25,000 tons per year.
The city's populace interval from 466 in 1890 to 2,007 in 1900.
Phosphate quarrying remained a primary part of the city's economy into the latter half of the 20th century. Mount Pleasant is positioned at 35 32 42 N 87 11 55 W (35.544977, -87.198683). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.1 square miles (29 km2), of which 11.1 square miles (29 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.18%) is water.
Mount Pleasant is situated in a mostly broad plain surrounded by low hills to the east, south, and west.
Route 43 joins the town/city with Columbia to the northeast and Lawrenceburg to the south.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,491 citizens , 1,815 homeholds, and 1,232 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $32,004, and the median income for a family was $36,949.
The per capita income for the town/city was $16,345.
2008-2009 Richard Goode (fired by town/city commission; no reason was given) 2010-2011 Steve Huffer (fired by town/city commission) 2012-2015 Michelle Williams (fired by town/city commission) Mount Pleasant City Hall The Mount Pleasant Police Department was established in 1824.
The Mount Pleasant Fire Department is a longterm position fire department consisting of full-time and part time firefighters.
Mount Pleasant is positioned on Tennessee State Route 243 and Tennessee State Route 166.
Mount Pleasant is also home to the Maury County Regional Airport.
Elizabeth Straw, Historic and Architectural Resources of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, National Register of Historic Places inventory form, January 1989.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Pleasant considers severance options for town/city manager".
Pleasant's Interim City Manager terminated".
Media related to Mount Pleasant, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Mount Pleasant knowledge on small-town government, elections, and link to charter Municipalities and communities of Maury County, Tennessee, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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