Mount Pleasant

Township: Perry

Location:
Coordinates: 40°05′20″N 85°18′21″W / 40.08889, -85.30583 [S1] -

CR 400E, 740S; South on U.S. 35 to CR 396E, on curve; South west corner of Perry Twp

"Laid out in 1837 and probably named for nearby Mt. Pleasant United Brethren Church." [S8, p 110]

"Consisted largely of a group of homes about the United Brethren Church" [S3, p 101]

Other Names:
Hazel PO:
Mount Pleasant: [S10] -
Mt. Pleasant: [S9] -

Date Platted: 1837

Town Plat Map - 1874 - [S11 p 15] -
- North-South Streets: North, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth
- East-West Streets: East, Main, West

Maps:
1870: "Mount Pleasant" [S10] -
1874: Town Plat Map [S11 p 15] -
1876: "Mt. Pleasant" [S9] -

Post Office Data:

Post Office Established: 28 Jul 1896
Post Office Closed: 14 Oct 1901
Post Office Names: Hazel (also spelled Hasel) [S8, p 110] - [S4, p 950]

- Open 1 July 1851 to 31 March 1857 - Hand stamp in Use - [S4, p 743-756]
- Earliest Hand Stamp: 1840 - Stampless: 1831 - [S4, p 398]
- Postmark [S4, p 477]
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Postmasters:

PO established as Hazel (Hasel) -- 28 Jul 1892
Eli W. Walradth -- 28 Jul 1892
PO closed, mail to Muncie -- 14 Oct 1901
Source: [S4, p 950] - [S5, p 66]

Postmaster Data:

Sources: [S6] - [S7, p 16, 22] -

Schools:
- Mount Pleasant School:
- [Our Neighborhood, by Bill Spurgeon, The Muncie Star, 4 Nov 1991] - Doc2732.pdf

Mt. Pleasant Article [Our Neighborhood by Esther Towns - The Muncie Star, 29 July 1994, page 4A] - Doc2719.pdf

Mt. Pleasant Delinquent Taxpayers, 1847 - [Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, page 15, 16] - Doc2720.pdf

"Another center of Perry township is Mount Pleasant, in the southwest corner, which consisted largely of a group of homes about the United Bretheren church, and made no pretensions to commercial or industrial enterprise." [S3, p 101]

Sources

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WikiPedia Article

Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012.

Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library

Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library

Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965.

An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971, Bk1849.

Baker, Ronald L, and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975, Bk1567.

Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Mt. Pleasant, Perry Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

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Map: Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No# Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail: Perry Township, Delaware County

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Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642

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"Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847" Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes. Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf

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Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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