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Farming For A Better Future, page 32
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Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Cemetery, and School*
Tracing the location of Mt. Pleasant on historical maps can be difficult due to the ubiquitous naming of things “Mt. Pleasant.” The Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, cemetery, and school associated with the African American community is located just south of the intersection of 2nd Street and County Line Road. On the earliest USGS topographic maps from 1914
and 1916, Mt. Pleasant School is identified on the opposite side of County Line Road from an unlabeled church. The 1936 USGS/TVA topographic map names this area “Alexander Crossroads” and clearly depicts the Mt. Pleasant Church and adjacent cemetery. However, the Mt. Pleasant School is no longer across the road, but located to the south, on the east side of County Line Road. This move apparently occurred
(Right) 1914 and 1924 USGS Topographic Maps of Mt. Pleasant Area, Muscle Shoals and Tuscumbia, Alabama Quadrangles (Far Right) 1936 USGS/TVA Topographic Maps of Mt. Pleasant Area, Killen and Leighton, Alabama Quadrangles
* Indicates a Historical - Non-Extant Resource - (4560)