Official Name: | New Mount Pleasant, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | New Mount Pleasant |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jay |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Jefferson |
Coordinates: | 40.3558°N -85.065°W |
Elevation Ft: | 1034 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47371 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-53316[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 440088 |
New Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana.
New Mount Pleasant was founded in 1838.[2] The community was named after a Friends meeting house in Mount Pleasant, Ohio.[3] A post office was established at New Mount Pleasant in 1839, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[4]