Mount Pleasant is an
unincorporated community
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in
Vinton County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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.
History
An old variant name of the community was New Mount Pleasant. New Mount Pleasant had its start around 1832.
Notable people
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Elzy Lay
William Ellsworth "Elzy" Lay (November 25, 1869 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West in the United States. He was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Johnson County, Wyoming ...
, Hole in the Wall Gang outlaw
References
Unincorporated communities in Vinton County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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