Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

For other uses, see Mount Pleasant (disambiguation).

Mount Pleasant
Town
Boone Hall Plantation
Boone Hall Plantation
Official seal of Mount Pleasant
Seal
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina is located in South Carolina
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Location in South Carolina
Coordinates: 32°47′13″N 79°52′35″W / 32.78694°N 79.87639°W / 32.78694; -79.87639
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyCharleston
SettledJuly 6, 1680
Founded1776 (Greenwich)
1803 (Mount Pleasant)
Consolidated1837[1]
Named forHibben House[2]
Government
 • MayorWill Haynie
Area
[3]
 • Total58.66 sq mi (151.92 km2)
 • Land49.55 sq mi (128.32 km2)
 • Water9.11 sq mi (23.60 km2)  15.53%
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Total90,801
 • Estimate 
(2023)
95,232
 • Rank4th in South Carolina
 • Density1,832.70/sq mi (707.60/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
29464-29466, 29429
Area code843, 854
FIPS code45-48535[5]
GNIS feature ID1224770[6]
Websitewww.tompsc.com

Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Lowcountry, it is the fourth-most populous municipality in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000. The population was 90,801 at the 2020 census.[7] It is part of the Charleston metropolitan area.[8]

At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriots Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship. The Ravenel Bridge, an eight-lane highway that is part of U.S. Route 17 and was completed in 2005, spans the Cooper River and links Mount Pleasant with the city of Charleston.[9]

  1. ^ "Mount Pleasant Historic District, Charleston County (Mount Pleasant)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Old Village Historic District". www.tompsc.com. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2020CensusQuickFacts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Pulse Real Estate Charleston, SC » Mt. Pleasant". thepulsecharleston.com.