Mount Pleasant, Arkansas

About Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, AR is a tiny community located in northern Arkansas with an estimated population of 369.

Mount Pleasant holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.5 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 105 residents per square mile.

📰 Mount Pleasant News Today

• Former Borden plant in Mount Pleasant destroyed by fire Tuesday KLTV.com · Jan 28
• Carol Elaine Wood Obituary Mar 29, 2026 Qualls Funeral Homes · Mar 29
• Section of Mount Pleasant Drive Closed for Gas Line Work Southwest Arkansas Radio · Jun 2
• NTCC biology program makes potential new species discovery in Arkansas tribnow.com · Jun 23
• Obituary: Janet Elaine (Brown) Davis White River Now · May 21

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What Makes Mount Pleasant Unique

• One of 12 places in the US named Mount Pleasant — but the Arkansas one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in northern Arkansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Arkansas — one of 625 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

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