Mount Pleasant (or Mt. Pleasant) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, located along U.S. Highway 72 at State Highway 311.^[3] The community has a volunteer fire department on Boswell Road, and a K-12 school located off Highway 72.

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Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 34°57′21″N 89°30′57″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Marshall
Area [1]
• Total	2.40 sq mi (6.20 km2)
• Land	2.40 sq mi (6.20 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	469 ft (143 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	293
• Density	122.34/sq mi (47.23/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	38635 38649 (PO box) 38661 (Red Banks) 38611 (Byhalia)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	674210[3]
FIPS Code	28-49640

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It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census, which listed a population of 293.^[4]

Mount Pleasant is in northern Marshall County, less than 3 miles (5 km) south of the Tennessee border. US Highway 72, a four-lane highway, passes through the north side of the community, leading east 57 miles (92 km) to Corinth and northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Collierville, Tennessee, and 34 miles (55 km) to Memphis. State Highway 311 leads south from Mount Pleasant 14 miles (23 km) to Holly Springs, the Marshall county seat. Nearby unincorporated communities include Cayce to the west, Taska to the southwest, and Slayden to the east.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mount Pleasant CDP has an area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²), all land.^[1] Little Coldwater Creek forms the southern boundary of the CDP; the creek is a west-flowing tributary of the Coldwater River, part of the Tallahatchie River watershed.

• Joseph N. Brown, member of the Mississippi Senate from 1918 to 1922^[7]
• Benn Karr, former Major League Baseball pitcher^[8]