Map of Mount Pleasant village, Ohio

Mount Pleasant is a village in southern Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 394 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery Quakers, the village was an early center of abolitionist activity and a well-known haven for fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad.

Mount Pleasant village overview:
Name:	Mount Pleasant village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Jefferson County
Elevation:	1,240 ft (378 m)
Total Area:	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km²)
Land Area:	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	394
Population Density:	1,545.10/sq mi (596.85/km²)
ZIP code:	43939
Area code:	740
FIPS code:	3952976
GNISfeature ID:	1048993

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History

Mount Pleasant was laid out in 1803. It was named from its scenic landscape. An early variant name was Jesse-Bobtown.

In 1817, Quaker Charles Osborn established The Philanthropist, the first newspaper in the country advocating the abolition of slavery, in Mount Pleasant. The abolitionist James Birney would later adopt the name The Philanthropist for his anti-slavery newspaper, published in Cincinnati and distributed in New Richmond, Ohio beginning in 1836.

In 1821, the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy started publishing The Genius of Universal Emancipation, another abolitionist newspaper, also in Mount Pleasant. The paper eventually moved to Baltimore, Maryland. Lundy’s house is a National Historic Landmark. Most of the village has been designated a historic district, the Mount Pleasant Historic District; it too is a National Historic Landmark.