Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania Map

About Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,245. The population density is 1637.4 people per km². Mount Pleasant is located at 40.1509°N, 79.5434°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Mount Pleasant is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15301, 17340, 17019.

Mount Pleasant emerges from the rolling terrain of the Allegheny Plateau where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 7.6 miles west-northwest of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 283°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southeast of Mount Carmel. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation, where the ground rises in quiet swells of woodland and cleared pasture. A mile away, the stillness of Crystal Reservoir holds the reflection of the sky, while the nearby trickle of Crystal Run carves a modest path through the earth, feeding the moisture that keeps the valley floor verdant. At the edge of the residential grid, Foster Township Community Park offers a flat expanse of green where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp soil and drying leaves. As the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the angles of the older architecture, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the pavement, grounding the physical geography in a sense of enduring, quiet permanence.

Mount Pleasant grew from the grit and aspiration of the industrial era, when the labor of the coal and coke trades dictated the pulse of daily existence. The local economy has shifted since those early, soot-stained days, moving away from the heavy furnaces that once defined the regional skyline toward a more varied, modern commercial life. Walking the streets, one notices the sturdy brickwork of the older buildings, which stand as a physical record of the families who built their livelihoods here on the strength of their own hands. The pace of the day is marked by the movement of people attending to the tasks of a working life, balanced by the silence that settles over the neighborhood once the streetlights flicker to life. It is a place where the history of industry is not merely a memory but a foundation, visible in the solid, unpretentious structures that define the character of Mount Pleasant and the people who continue to call it home.

About This Mount Pleasant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.150932, -79.543363. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mount Pleasant includes the ZIP code (15301, 17340, 17019), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Mount Pleasant Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.