Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Gentry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Mount Pleasant was platted in 1856. Mount Pleasant is a commendatory name. A variant name was "Ellington". A post office called Mount Pleasant was established in 1862, the name was changed to Ellington in 1879, and the post office closed in 1890.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Pleasant
- The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1882. p. 158.
- ^ "Gentry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
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