Mount Pleasant

History

In the spring of 1852, Latter-Day Saint colonists from Manti led by Madison D. Hambleton established the Hambleton Settlement near the present site of Mt. Pleasant. During the Wakara War, the settlers relocated to Spring Town (Spring City), and later to Manti for protection. Local Native Americans destroyed the old settlement by setting it on fire. A large colonizing party from Ephraim and Manti returned to the area in 1859, and a permanent site was laid out in its present location. Among the founding settlers were Latter-Day Saint converts from Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, and the eastern United States. By 1880, Mt. Pleasant was the county's largest city, with a population of 2,000. More than 72 percent of its married adults were foreign-born. This ethnic diversity had an important impact on village life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For decades, five languages were commonly spoken in the town. The settlement and development of Mt. Pleasant followed the typical pattern for Latter-Day Saint towns of the period. A square-shaped town site was surveyed, lots were drawn, and the land was distributed among the population. Under the direction of James Russell Ivie (1802–1866), a fort of adobe walls and log cabins was built. Pleasant Creek ran through the fort, and farming was done outside of its walls. Ivie was killed in the Ute Black Hawk War by Indians who had declined to participate in the settlement of the earlier Wakara War. Around that time, the town acquired its present name. In 1872 the final peace treaty with the Indians was signed in Bishop Seeley's house on Main Street, bringing an end to this conflict. By this time, many settlers had erected homesteads outside of the fort. The town site may be expansive, but the population density…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2). This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm, dry summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Mount Pleasant has a warm summer continental climate, abbreviated "DFB" on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• North Sanpete High
  High · MT PLEASANT · 765 students · 23.9:1 ratio
• Mt. Pleasant School
  Elementary · MT PLEASANT · 558 students · 25.4:1 ratio
• North Sanpete Middle
  Middle · MORONI · 423 students · 22.3:1 ratio
• Moroni School
  Elementary · MORONI · 370 students · 24.7:1 ratio
• Fairview School
  Elementary · FAIRVIEW · 244 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Pleasant Creek High School
  Other · MOUNT PLEASANT · 112 students · 16:1 ratio
• Spring City School
  Elementary · SPRING CITY · 106 students · 15.1:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.69 — 2026-09-27
  15 km E of Kenilworth, Utah
• M 2.81 — 2026-02-22
  7 km SW of Clear Creek, Utah
• M 2.54 — 2026-01-06
  27 km W of Emery, Utah
• M 2.75 — 2025-10-08
  6 km WNW of Independence, Utah
• M 3.05 — 2025-05-24
  9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
• M 3.94 — 2025-05-01
  4 km WNW of Independence, Utah