New Mount Pleasant, Indiana
New Mount Pleasant is located in Indiana
New Mount Pleasant
New Mount Pleasant
New Mount Pleasant is located in the United States
New Mount Pleasant
New Mount Pleasant
Coordinates: 40°21′21″N 85°03′54″W / 40.35583°N 85.06500°W / 40.35583; -85.06500
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyJay
TownshipJefferson
Elevation1,034 ft (315 m)
ZIP code
47371
FIPS code18-53316[2]
GNIS feature ID440088[1]

New Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana.

History

New Mount Pleasant was founded in 1838.[3] The community was named after a Friends meeting house in Mount Pleasant, Ohio.[4] A post office was established at New Mount Pleasant in 1839, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Mount Pleasant, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was platted in 1838...
  4. Jay, Milton T. (1922). History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History, Volume 1. Historical Publishing Company. p. 106.
  5. "Jay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2014.


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