THE MOUNT PLEASANT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Loess Prairies setting.
Mount Pleasant city has 8.63 square miles of land in Henry County. Its Census reference point is in Rolling Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mount Pleasant and Henry County
Mount Pleasant is associated with Henry County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Mount Pleasant by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Mount Pleasant, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Henry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Pleasant city has 79.2 times the land area of nearby Westwood city (0.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

![Mount Pleasant, Iowa[Added by Nyttend:] Looking southward down Main Street.](/location-photos/iowa/1954705/sell-my-land-mount-pleasant-ia-v2-1920.jpg)