Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Township of Mount Pleasant
Blue sign reads "SAMUEL MEREDITH: The first Treasurer of the U.S., 1789-1801, and Revolutionary patriot, spent the last years of his life at Pleasant Mount. Died here in 1817, on his estate, called Belmont."
A sign in Belmont Corners commemorating Samuel Meredith, the first Treasurer of the United States, and one of the more famous former residents of Mount Pleasant. Claims that Meredith was actually the second treasurer are incorrect as Meredith was the first treasurer to serve under the new U.S. constitution.
Location in Wayne County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Location in Wayne County and the state of Pennsylvania.
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
US Congressional DistrictPA-8
State Senatorial District20
State House of Representatives District111
CountyWayne
School DistrictForest City Regional
Regions V & IV
SettledJune 1789[1]
IncorporatedMarch 21, 1798
(original township of Wayne County)
Founded bySamuel Stanton[1]
Government
 • TypeBoard of Supervisors
 • Board of Supervisors[2]
Supervisors
 • US RepresentativeMatt Cartwright (D)
 • State SenatorLisa Baker (R)
 • State RepresentativeSandra Major (R)
Area
 • Total57.57 sq mi (149.11 km2)
 • Land56.46 sq mi (146.22 km2)
 • Water1.12 sq mi (2.89 km2)
Elevation
1,427 ft (434.9 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,357
 • Estimate 
(2016)[4]
1,322
 • Density23.42/sq mi (9.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
Area code(s)570
GNIS feature ID1217224[5]
FIPS code42-127-51872[6]

Mount Pleasant is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 1,357 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.[7]

  1. ^ a b Goodrich, Phineas G. (1992) [1880]. History of Wayne County. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. p. 188.
  2. ^ "Municipal Index" (PDF). Wayne County Planning Commission/GIS. WordPress. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Township of Mount Pleasant". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 1, 1989. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  6. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Mount Pleasant Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved January 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[dead link]
  7. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

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