Mount Pleasant, Mississippi


Mount Pleasant is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, located along U.S. Highway 72 at State Highway 311. The community has a volunteer fire department on Boswell Road, and a K-12 school located off Highway 72.
It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census, which listed a population of 293.

Geography

Mount Pleasant is in northern Marshall County, less than south of the Tennessee border. US Highway 72, a four-lane highway, passes through the north side of the community, leading east to Corinth and northwest to Collierville, Tennessee, and to Memphis. State Highway 311 leads south from Mount Pleasant to Holly Springs, the Marshall county seat. Nearby unincorporated communities include Cayce to the west, Taska to the southwest, and Slayden to the east.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mount Pleasant CDP has an area of, all land. Little Coldwater Creek forms the southern boundary of the CDP; the creek is a west-flowing tributary of the Coldwater River, part of the Tallahatchie River watershed.

Demographics

Mount Pleasant first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

Notable people