Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Mount is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, 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]
Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania
Pleasant Mount's Location within Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 41°44′23″N 75°26′4″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
U.S. Congressional DistrictPA-10
School DistrictForest City Regional
CountyWayne
Magisterial District22-3-04[4]
TownshipMount Pleasant
SettledJune 1789[5]
Founded bySamuel Stanton[5]
Named forMount Pleasant Township
Elevation
1,982[6] ft (604 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP codes
18453[3]
Area code(s)570
GNIS feature ID1184047[6]
FIPS code42-127-51872[7]-61344[6]
Major Roads
WaterwaysBiglow Lake,[8] Lackawaxen River (West Branch)

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. "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. 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. "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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