Electricity Rates in Mount Pleasant, OH

History of Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant was laid out in 1803. It was named for its scenic landscape. An early variant name was Jesse-Bobtown. In 1802 Nathan Updegraff of the Pennsylvanian Op den Graeff family settled north in Mount Pleasant. His family belonged to the 19th-century Quaker families of Ohio and produced a lot of Quaker Ministers and elders.In 1817, Quaker Charles Osborn established The Philanthropist, the first newspaper in the country advocating the abolition of slavery, in Mount Pleasant. The abolitionist James Birney would later adopt the name The Philanthropist for his anti-slavery newspaper, published in Cincinnati and distributed in New Richmond, Ohio beginning in 1836.In 1821, the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy started publishing The Genius of Universal Emancipation, another abolitionist newspaper, also in Mount Pleasant. The paper eventually moved to Baltimore, Maryland. Lundy's house is a National Historic Landmark. Nathan Updegraffs son David Benjamin Updegraff (1789–1864) was a conductor of the Underground Railroad in Mount Pleasant.Most of the village has been designated a historic district, the Mount Pleasant Historic District; it too is a National Historic Landmark.

Mount Pleasant by the Numbers

Population

313

Median Age

52.2 yrs

Median Household Income

$38,500/yr

Median Home Value

$96,900

Homeownership Rate

93%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)