Editing Mount Pleasant, Ohio

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'''Mount Pleasant''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Jefferson County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 394 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area]]. Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery [[Quaker]]s, the village was an early center of abolitionist activity and a well-known haven for fugitive slaves on the [[Underground Railroad]].

==History==
Mount Pleasant was laid out in 1803. It was named for its scenic landscape.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ |title=20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens |publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company |author=Doyle, Joseph Beatty |year=1910 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ/page/n466 486]}}</ref> An early variant name was Jesse-Bobtown.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=108|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=92}}</ref> In 1802<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jcExAQAAMAAJ&q=david++updegraff+Nathan History of the Upper Ohio Valley, with Family History and Biographical Sketches: History of Jefferson co., O., by J. H. S. And w. M. rainer. History of Logan, the Mingo chief, by R. H. Taneyhill. Resources of Jefferson co., by J. B. Doyle. Bench and bar of Jefferson co., by O. M. Sanford. Biographical sketches. Education and religion. by W. M. Trainer. The press. Medical history of Jefferson co. History of Belmont co., by C. L. Poorman, including Biographical sketches. Agricultural resources, by A. T. McKelvey, p 188 (1890)]</ref> [[Nathan Updegraff]] of the Pennsylvanian [[Op den Graeff family]] settled north in Mount Pleasant.<ref>David B. Updegraff, Quaker Holiness Preacher, p 12, by J. Brent Bill (1983)</ref> His family belonged to the 19th-century Quaker families of Ohio<ref>[https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-1031 Updegraff family papers]</ref> and produced a lot of Quaker Ministers and elders.

In 1817, [[Quakers|Quaker]] Charles Osborn established ''The Philanthropist'', the first newspaper in the country advocating the [[Abolitionism|abolition of slavery]], in Mount Pleasant.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Ohio: The Rise and Progress of an American State, Vol. 4|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofohioris04rand|last=Ryan|first=Daniel J.|publisher=The Century History Country|year=1912|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofohioris04rand/page/n177 124]}}</ref> The abolitionist [[James G. Birney|James Birney]] would later adopt the name ''[[The Philanthropist (Cincinnati, Ohio)|The Philanthropist]]'' for his anti-slavery newspaper, published in [[Cincinnati]] and distributed in [[New Richmond, Ohio|New Richmond]], Ohio beginning in 1836.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Documentary Heritage of Ohio|last1=Shriver|first1=Phillip R.|last2=Wunderlin, Jr.|first2=Clarence E.|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=2000|location=Athens, Ohio|pages=208}}</ref>

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]]. [[Benjamin Lundy House|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 (United States)|historic district]], the [[Mount Pleasant Historic District (Mt. Pleasant, Ohio)|Mount Pleasant Historic District]]; it too is a National Historic Landmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=80664599&ResourceType=District|title=Mount Pleasant Historic District|access-date=November 21, 2009|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210001/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=80664599&ResourceType=District|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.26|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1810= 246
|1820= 421
|1830= 554
|1850= 755
|1870= 563
|1880= 693
|1890= 644
|1900= 626
|1910= 701
|1920= 635
|1930= 674
|1940= 717
|1950= 760
|1960= 656
|1970= 635
|1980= 616
|1990= 498
|2000= 535
|2010= 478
|2020= 394
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 478 people, 192 households, and 143 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1838.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 226 housing units at an average density of {{convert|869.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.2% of the population.

There were 192 households, of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.5% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the village was 44.5 years. 20.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 32.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 535 people, 201 households, and 158 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|2,136.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 222 housing units at an average density of {{convert|886.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.31% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.75% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.19% of the population.

There were 201 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,750, and the median income for a family was $46,591. Males had a median income of $39,821 versus $19,688 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $15,647. About 7.7% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Public education in the village of Mount Pleasant is provided by the [[Buckeye Local School District (Jefferson County)|Buckeye Local School District]].

==Notable people==
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* [[William Lawrence (Ohio)|William Lawrence]], Republican politician
* [[Benjamin Lundy]], abolitionist
* [[Stephen Mason Merrill]], [[Methodist Episcopal Church|Methodist]] clergyman
* [[Stephen Dee Richards]], [[Old West]] serial killer
* [[Benjamin Stanton]], sixth lieutenant governor of Ohio
* [[David Benjamin Updegraff]] (1789–1864), conductor of the Underground Railroad, minister of Friends church
* [[Jonathan T. Updegraff]] (1822–1882), physician and politician, served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1879 to 1882
* [[Moses Fleetwood Walker]], first African-American professional baseball player

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[[Category:Villages in Jefferson County, Ohio]]
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