Mount Pleasant is an

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in Gadsden County,

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, United States. It is located near the intersection of

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and Mt. Pleasant Road. Mt. Pleasant borders the city of Gretna and the St. John/ Robertsville community. It also borders the city of

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Geography

Mount Pleasant is located at (30.65722, -84.69111).

Government and infrastructure

The Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department operates one fire station.

Education

Gadsden County School District Gadsden County School District (GCPS), or Gadsden County Schools (GCS), or Gadsden County Public Schools (GCPS), is a school district headquartered in the Max D. Walker School Administration Building in Quincy, Florida. It serves Gadsden County ...

operates public schools. At one time there was a county school in Mount Pleasant. As of 2017

Gadsden County High School Gadsden County High School, known as East Gadsden High School (EGHS) until 2016, was a public high school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Gadsden County School District. It is between Havana and Quincy, and it has a "Hava ...

(formerly East Gadsden High School) is the only remaining zoned high school in the county due to the consolidation of

West Gadsden High School West Gadsden High School was a public secondary school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Gadsden County School District. It is adjacent to the city of Greensboro,Robert F. Munroe Day School Robert F. Munroe Day School is a K-12 private school in Gadsden County, Florida, which was opened as a segregation academy in 1970. History As in many public school districts in the Southern United States, Gadsden County officials delayed their ...

, a K-12 private school which was founded as a

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, has its athletic fields in Mount Pleasant, and formerly had its main campus in Mount Pleasant.About Us
" Robert F. Munroe Day School. Retrieved on June 5, 2017. "Founded in 1969 in Mt. Pleasant, Florida, the campus .. and "91 Old Mt. Pleasant Rd. Quincy FL, 32352" The main campus had of land."Robert F. Munroe Day School 91 Old Mt. Pleasant Road Quincy, Florida 32352" and "Robert F. Munroe Day Kindergarten 1800 West King Street Quincy, Florida 32351" In 2021 the school moved to another part of the county. After the move, the school continued to use the sports fields in the former Mount Pleasant campus. The school's kindergarten campus is in Quincy proper.

Notable person

Kelvin Kirk, the first Mr. Irrelevant as the last player selected in the

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, who later played seven seasons in the

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References

Unincorporated communities in Gadsden County, Florida Tallahassee metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Florida {{GadsdenCountyFL-geo-stub