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. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan area.
Southeast
Mount Pleasant
Charleston County, SC
Population
90,945
Walk Score
72 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,901
Median home value
$608,600
Settled
1680
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Boone Hall Plantation House and Historic Landscape (Boundary Increase) · listed 1994
- Mount Pleasant Historic District · listed 1973
- Phillips Community Historic District
- Phillips Community Historic District · listed 2023
- Slave Street, Smokehouse, and Allee, Boone Hall Plantation · listed 1983
- Snee Farm-Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (Additional Documentation) · listed 1973
- Snee Farm-Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) · listed 2021
Notable landmarks
- Auld Mound · listed 1970
- Buzzard's Island Site · listed 1970
- Christ Church · listed 1972
- Mount Pleasant Armory
- Oakland Plantation House · listed 1977
- Old Courthouse · listed 1971
- Pritchard, Paul, Shipyard · listed 1974
- Remley Point Cemetery · listed 2002
- USS LAFFEY · listed 1983
- USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) · listed 1982
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