New Mount Pleasant, Indiana
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New Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana.
History
New Mount Pleasant was founded in 1838.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n256 239]|quote=This village was platted in 1838...}} The community was named after a Friends meeting house in Mount Pleasant, Ohio.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0LWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA106 | title=History of Jay County, Indiana: Including Its World War Record and Incorporating the Montgomery History, Volume 1 | publisher=Historical Publishing Company | author1-last=Jay|author1-first=Milton T. | year=1922 | pages=106}} A post office was established at New Mount Pleasant in 1839, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Jay&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Jay County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 November 2014}}
References
{{Jay County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Jay County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Populated places established in 1838
Category:1838 establishments in Indiana
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