Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community

The welcome sign for the Village of Pleasant Mount.
Nickname(s): Mount Pleasant,[1] Mt. Pleasant,[2] Pleasant Mt.[3]
Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania."
Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Mount's Location within Pennsylvania.

Coordinates: 41°44′23″N 75°26′4″W / 41.73972°N 75.43444°W / 41.73972; -75.43444Coordinates: 41°44′23″N 75°26′4″W / 41.73972°N 75.43444°W / 41.73972; -75.43444
Country United States
Commonwealth Pennsylvania
U.S. Congressional District PA-10
School District Forest City Regional
County Wayne
Magisterial District 22-3-04[4]
Township Mount Pleasant
Settled June 1789[5]
Founded by Samuel Stanton[5]
Named for Mount Pleasant Township
Elevation 1,982[6] ft (604 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern Daylight (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 18453[3]
Area code(s) 570
GNIS feature ID 1184047[6]
FIPS code 42-127-51872[7]-61344[6]
Major Roads
Waterways Biglow Lake,[8] Lackawaxen River (West Branch)

Pleasant Mount is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in the Lake Region of the Poconos.

References

  1. ↑ White, Israel Charles; Dolph, John M. (1881). The Geology of Susquehanna County and Wayne County (Report). 23. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. p. 59. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ White & Dolph. p. 170.
  3. 1 2 "Look up a ZIP CodeTM". USPS.COM. USPS. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Whaley, Samuel (1856). History of the Township of Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. A Discourse Delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1855. New York: M. W. Dodd. p. 9.
  6. 1 2 3 "Pleasant Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Mount Pleasant Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Biglow Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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