Mount Pleasant, Iowa Mount Pleasant, Iowa Mount Pleasant, Iowa Mount Pleasant, Iowa Location of Mount Pleasant, Iowa Location of Mount Pleasant, Iowa Website City of Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Henry County, Iowa, in the United States. The populace was 8,668 in the 2010 census, a diminish from 8,751 in the 2000 census. It was established in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
Mount Pleasant was first incorporated as a town by European Americans in 1842, and again in 1851. In 1869, Mount Pleasant was the site of a solar eclipse expedition, under the command of James Craig Watson and sponsored by National Almanac.
James Harlan also spoke there, as he was president of Iowa Wesleyan College in the town, and later was propel a several times to the United States Senate.
The Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute was assembled in 1861.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.53 square miles (22.09 km2), of which, 8.51 square miles (22.04 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. Mount Pleasant's populace density is estimated at 1123 citizens per square mile which is considered low for urban areas. There were 3,365 housing units at an average density of 395.4 per square mile (152.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 85.7% White, 4.3% African American, 0.4% Native American, 4.4% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 2.4% from other competitions, and 2.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,127 homeholds of which 30.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.1% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 37.3 years.
21.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 3,355 housing units at an average density of 436.0 per square mile (168.4/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.46% White, 3.19% African American, 0.32% Native American, 3.53% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other competitions, and 1.71% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,119 homeholds out of which 31.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families.
Age spread: 22.5% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,558, and the median income for a family was $46,063.
About 8.3% of families and 10.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.
Mount Pleasant is also home to the Midwest Old Thresher's Reunion which attracts a crowd numbering over 100,000 admissions annually amid an extended five-day weekend which ends on Labor Day.
A meat refining plant directed by West Liberty Foods is positioned in Mount Pleasant.
South of the town/city is the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, a medium-security state prison that in the year 2010 homed approximately 875 male and 100 female inmates, and working 340 staff. The Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute was positioned on the same campus.
The enhance school fitness in Mount Pleasant is administered by the Mount Pleasant Community School District.
The town/city is home to Iowa Wesleyan University, which, established in 1842, rates as the earliest coeducational college/university west of the Mississippi River.
Sisterhood, an global philanthropic organization for women, was established on the ground in Mount Pleasant by seven Iowa Wesleyan students.
Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Mount Pleasant, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, athwart the bay from San Francisco.
Route 34 bypasses Mount Pleasant to the north, while U.S.
The Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (FAA Identifier: MPZ) is at an altitude of 730 ft (222.5 m) and is positioned 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the city.
Tom Vilsack former Mount Pleasant mayor, former governor of Iowa, and former United States Secretary of Agriculture. a b "City Data".
"Population & Housing Occupancy Status 2010".American Fact - Finder.
The History of Henry County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Iowa Department of Corrections".
"KMPZ Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport".
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