Mount Pleasant, Kansas

Ghost Town in Kansas, United States

Mount Pleasant is a ghost town in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It was located approximately 1.5 miles north of Potter along Rawlins Rd.

History

The first settlement at Mount Pleasant was made in 1854.^[2] A post office called Mount Pleasant was in operation from 1855 until 1900.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Mount Pleasant, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 403.
^ "Atchison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
^ Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore) (1883). History of the state of Kansas : containing a full account of its growth from an uninhabited territory to a wealthy and important state, of its early settlements, its rapid increase in population and the marvelous development of its great natural resources. Also, a supplementary history and description of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their advantages, industries, manufactures and commerce, to which are added biographical sketches and portratis of prominent men and early settlers. Chicago : A.T. Andreas. p. 403.