Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Census-designated place
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi is located in the United States
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°57′21″N 89°30′57″W / 34.95583°N 89.51583°W / 34.95583; -89.51583
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyMarshall
Area
[1]
 • Total2.40 sq mi (6.20 km2)
 • Land2.40 sq mi (6.20 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
469 ft (143 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total293
 • Density122.34/sq mi (47.23/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38649
Area code662
GNIS feature ID674210[2]

Mount Pleasant (or Mt. Pleasant) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northeastern Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, located along U.S. Route 72 at State Route 311.[2] Although unincorporated, it has a post office serving the nearby city of Holly Springs. The zip code is 38649. The community also has a volunteer fire department located on Boswell Road, and a K-12 school located off of US Highway 72. Mount Pleasant is bordered by Cayce and Taska to the west, Holly Springs to the south, Slayden to the east, and Collierville, Tennessee to the north.

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 293.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020293—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
2020[5]

2020 census

Mount Pleasant CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[5] % 2020
White alone (NH) 250 85.32%
Black or African American alone (NH) 31 10.58%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 1 0.34%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 4 1.37%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7 2.39%
Total 293 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Pleasant, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ "Mount Pleasant CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  5. 1 2 "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Mount Pleasant CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
  6. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  7. ↑ "Benn Karr Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.


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