Mount Pleasant, Florida

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Sign for Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. It is located near the intersection of Blue Star Memorial Highway and Mt. Pleasant Road. Mt. Pleasant borders the city of Gretna and the St. John/Robertsville community. It also borders the city of Chattahoochee.

Geography

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Government and infrastructure

The Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department operates one fire station.[2]

Education

Gadsden County School District operates public schools. At one time there was a county school in Mount Pleasant.[3] As of 2017 Gadsden County High School (formerly East Gadsden High School) is the only remaining zoned high school in the county due to the consolidation of West Gadsden High School's high school section into East Gadsden High.[4]

Robert F. Munroe Day School, a K-12 private school which was founded as a segregation academy,[5] has its athletic fields in Mount Pleasant,[6] and formerly had its main campus in Mount Pleasant.[7] The main campus had Script error: No such module "convert". of land.[8] In 2021 the school moved to another part of the county.[9] After the move, the school continued to use the sports fields in the former Mount Pleasant campus.[10] The school's kindergarten campus is in Quincy proper.[8]

Notable person

Kelvin Kirk, the first Mr. Irrelevant as the last player selected in the 1976 NFL draft, who later played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League.

References

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  2. "Fire Station Locations Template:Webarchive." Gadsden County, Florida. Retrieved on April 7, 2017.
  3. "Historical Community Schools." Gadsden County School District. January 6, 2004. Retrieved on April 8, 2017.
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  5. Glenda Alice Rabby, The Pain and the Promise: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Tallahassee, Florida, Athens, Ga., University of Georgia Press, 1999, Template:ISBN, p. 255.
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  7. "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"
  8. a b "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"
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