Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania Map

About Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant is a locality in York 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 occupies a distinct reach of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 10.3 miles south-southwest of Harrisburg, PA (from Harrisburg, PA: bearing 204°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southeast of Mechanicsburg. The air here holds the weight of the interior, crisp and cooling as it settles over the drainage basin of Fishers Run, which cuts a quiet, persistent channel through the local clay. Sunlight at dusk catches the sharp edges of the residential eaves, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields and toward the stillness of Pinchot Lake. The landscape is defined by this grounded topography, where the heavy, loam-rich soil dictates the pace of the seasons and the sturdy, unadorned geometry of the regional architecture.

Mount Pleasant carries the quiet gravity of a place that once fueled the engines of broader industry, its identity forged in the steady labor of the coal and coke ovens that defined the regional economy for generations. Today, the rhythm of daily life follows a more measured cadence, moving away from the soot-stained intensity of the past toward a landscape of small-scale commerce and community gathering spaces like Simpson Park. Local memory remains anchored in the remnants of the brickworks and the stubborn persistence of the regional trade, visible in the weathered masonry of the older storefronts that line the streets. Even as the economy shifts, the people maintain a specific, localized character, a resilience born from the intersection of mountain geography and the legacy of a working landscape that refuses to be entirely erased by time.

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 York County (York), 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.