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Mount Pleasant
History in a Pecan ShellMount
Pleasant was designated the county seat when Titus County was formed in 1846.
The site for the town was donated by early settlers with a post office opening
the following year.
It wasn’t until the arrival of the Texas and St. Louis
Railroad in the early 1880s that the town experience notable growth. By the mid
1880s the town had a population around 800 with most essential businesses as well
as a newspaper and a bank.
Mineral-rich springs created an influx of health-seeking
tourists in the 1910s and by the 1920s, Mount Pleasant had 4,000 residents. The
Great Depression reduced the population to 3,500 but it dealt business a harder
blow, reducing the number to just 121 from a pre-Depression high of 190.
Mount Pleasant also served as an economic center for neighboring counties of Morris,
Franklin and Camp.
The population went over 11,000 in the 1970 Census
and was nearly 12,300 for the 1990 Census.
The city is also the home of
Northeast Community College (which serves the aforementioned three neighboring
counties). The population was 13,900 as of 2000. |
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The
Bell Tower
by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical")
11-15-05
"... The bell will soon ring
again across Mount Pleasant’s courthouse square.
To build a new, freestanding
bell tower and an electronic operating system to ring the bell, the Commission
and others are putting together a $60,000 pot. County officials are putting up
42% of the cost, the City of Mount Pleasant is paying 20%, and the remaining funds
are coming largely from engraved bricks...." [ more
]
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Mount
Pleasant Nearby Destinations Lake
Bob Sandlin State Park
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.usLake
Monticello
10 miles southwest of Mount Pleasant
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.usLake
Welsh
On Swuanano Creek, 10 miles southeast of Mount Pleasant
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Mount Pleasant Tourist InformationMount
Pleasant/Titus County Chamber Of Commerce
1604 N. Jefferson P.O. Box 1237
Mount Pleasant, TX 75456-1237
Phone: 903/572-8567
http://www.mtpleasant-tx.com/
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