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MOUNT PLEASANT,
TEXAS
Titus County Seat,
East Texas
I-30, US 271, and Hwy 49
16 miles E of Mount
Vernon
115 miles E of Dallas
33 miles N of Gilmer
61 miles SW of Texarkana
Population: 13,935 (2000) 12,291 (1990)
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A Dr Pepper Sign in Mount Pleasant
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson |
Titus County
was organized in 1846.
Titus
County Courthouse
An 1895 courthouse encased in several layers of "improvements". Perhaps
the ugliest
courthouse in the state of Texas.
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, free-standing 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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Titus County Courthouse after the 1940 remodeling
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Nearby Destinations
Lake Bob
Sandlin State Park
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/lakebob/
Lake Monticello
10 miles southwest of Mount Pleasant
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/montcell/lake_id.htm
Lake Welsh
On Swuanano Creek, 10 miles southeast of Mount Pleasant
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/welsh/lake_id.htm
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Mount Pleasant
History
"...The town
was founded, incorporated, and designated the county seat when the
county was formed in 1846. The townsite was given by John Binion,
Sr., Burrell Moore, Richard Moore, and L. Gilbert, early settlers.
A post office was established in 1847, but the town remained small
until the completion of the Texas and St. Louis Railway in the early
1880s...."
See Handbook of Texas Online:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/MM/hem7.html |
Mount Pleasant
Tourist Information
Mount 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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