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Mount Pleasant

Ghost town · Atchison County, Kansas

Potter quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:24,000)
Potter quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Pleasant is a ghost town in Atchison County, Kansas, recorded as human settlement in Kansas, United States of America. It is the only former community in Atchison County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Pleasant as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.4478° N, 95.1378° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,110 ft
Nearest living townEaston, KS
Distance to it7.1 miles
Coordinates39.44778, -95.13778

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What's there now

Mount Pleasant is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Easton, KS (population 307), about 7.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,110 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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