Mount Pleasant is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Atchison County, Kansas
Atchison County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 16,348. The county was named in honor of Dav ...
, United States.
It was located approximately 1.5 miles north of
Potter
A potter is someone who makes pottery.
Potter may also refer to:
Places United States
*Potter, originally a section on the Alaska Railroad, currently a neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, US
*Potter, Arkansas
*Potter, Nebraska
*Potters, New Jerse ...
along Rawlins Rd.
History
The first settlement at Mount Pleasant was made in 1854. A post office called Mount Pleasant was in operation from 1855 until 1900.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Kansas
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the state of Kansas.
Causes
Many reasons exist as to why a community becomes abandoned (or nearly so).
*Transportation: With the development of major highways and interstates, people were willing ...
References
Further reading
External links
* Atchison County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Geography of Atchison County, Kansas
Ghost towns in Kansas
1854 establishments in Kansas Territory
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