Profile for Mount Pleasant, Michigan, MI

Mount Pleasant is on the Chippewa River.

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 53. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 2 per 1,000 people.

Local festivals include:

• Summer Festival - June 20-24, 2007
• Applefest - Oct. 6, 2007
• Michigan Story Festival - Oct. 18-20, 2007
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Pow-Wow - Aug. 3-5, 2007
• Fall Harvest Festival - Sept. 22, 2007

Historic sites and museums: Museum of Cultural & Natural History

Colleges and universities: Central Michigan University

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was on par with the national average. (See library links below.)

Listed places near Mount Pleasant

Archives (1)

Cemeteries (11)

Colleges (2)

Communities (11)

Hotels (7)

Libraries (4)

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24% of Mount Pleasant residents report German ancestry, and 12% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Mount Pleasant ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Mount Pleasant
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Post a query on a message board:

• Isabella County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - MI data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
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• Death index
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• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

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• Courts in Michigan
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• Crime in Isabella County
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• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
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• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Michigan
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Mount Pleasant was $13,177, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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40% of Mount Pleasant residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Mount Pleasant festival dates:

• Summer Festival - June 20-24, 2007
• Applefest - Oct. 6, 2007
• Michigan Story Festival - Oct. 18-20, 2007
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Pow-Wow - Aug. 3-5, 2007
• Fall Harvest Festival - Sept. 22, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Mount Pleasant festival web sites:

• Michigan Story Festival

• ePodunk festival listings
• Michigan county fairs
• Michigan festivals (Michigan tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Mount Pleasant

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Median rent in Mount Pleasant, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $409.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $873.

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Libraries in Mount Pleasant include Chippewa River District Library System ... View libraries

• Michigan library

• Michigan statewide library catalog

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Newspapers in Mount Pleasant include Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

TV stations in Mount Pleasant include WCMU.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WCMU-FM.

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Isabella County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Mount Pleasant political report.

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The average commute time for Mount Pleasant workers is 13 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 1 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Mount Pleasant between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of .4 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

Hotels in Mount Pleasant include Baymont Inn, Best Western, Comfort Inn & Suites University Park, Fairfield Inn by Marriot, Holiday Inn - Mount Pleasant, Microtel Inn.

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