Mount Pleasant Township

Towns: Cammack - Reed's Station - West Muncie - Yorktown

Location:
Coordinates: 40°11′12″N 85°30′20″W [S4]

Other Names: Mt. Pleasant

Cemeteries:
Hawk:
Jones:
McKinley: [S4]

Maps:
1870: [S2] -
1874: [S9, page 13] - "Mt. Pleasant"
1876: [S7] -
1960: [S3]S3

Population:
1870: 1880
1880: 1994 [S5, page 3]

"Mount Pleasant is situated in the southwestern part of the county, Salem, the extreme southwest corner township, forming its southern boundary. On the north, it is bounded by Harrison; on the east, by Center; on the west by a portion of Madison County. It covers an area of seven miles of territory, extending from east to west, and five miles from north to south, amounting, in the aggregate, to 22,400 acres.
White River, the principal stream, enters the township at the eastern extremity of Section 13, and, flowing almost due west for a distance of a little more than two miles, changes its course to southwest, in which direction it continues until it finally leaves the township near the southwest corner.

Buck Creek enters at the southeast corner of the township, and, flowing west and north, joins White River at Yorktown. This stream furnishes excellent water power, and, from early days, has been utilized for propelling milling machinery.

Mud Creek enters the northeast part of the township, and, flowing west and southwest, discharges into White River in the southern part of Section 30, while Pleasant Run, a small stream, touches the township on the north, and Bell Creek, which flows in from Salem, discharges into Buck Creek about half a mile north of the line dividing Mount Pleasant from Salem.

The surface presents a pleasing variety of features. Toward the north, it is generally level, and this condition has necessitated a large amount of artificial drainage, by means of which the low-lying lands have been redeemed, and their usefulness enhanced. In the vicinity of White River and Buck Creek, toward the central and southern portions of the township, this level upland is broken by pleasing undulations, which, in some instances, terminate in precipitous bluffs, beyond which stretch level plains of bottom land, unexcelled for fertility by any portion of the county.

The prevailing soil in the western and southern portions of the township is loam, intermixed with clay, while, between Mud Creek and White River, it is almost uniformly clay, with sandy loam in the bottoms.

Originally, a heavy growth of timber covered the surface of this township, among which the prevailing varieties were oak, walnut, poplar, ash, hickory, maple, beech, sycamore, etc." [S6, page 266]

Township Information: [S12, page 151]

Sources

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Google Maps:

Map: Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No# Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail: Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County

Plat Map, 1960 - Delaware County Genealogist, Sept 1992, Vol. 1, No. 3, page 45 - Doc2849.pdf

WikiPedia Article

An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffin, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971

Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976

Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Mt. Pleasant Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

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Book: Road Names of Delaware County, Indiana. Muncie, Indiana: Delaware County Historical Society, 2005. Bk3641, page 14

Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642

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Tract Book, Mt. Pleasant Township -
Part 1: Delaware County Genealogist, Sept 1992, Vol 1, No. 3, page 46, 47 - Doc2850.pdf
Part 2: Delaware County Genealogist, Dec 1992 - Vol. 1, No. 4, page 62-64 - Doc2848.pdf

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"Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847" Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes. Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf

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Ellis, John S. Our County: [Delaware County, Indiana] Its History and Early Settlement by Townships. (1890). Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill Publications, Reproduction, 1987. Bk2082. Read Online -

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Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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