THE MOUNT PLEASANT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware-Neversink Highlands setting.
Mount Pleasant township has 56.5 square miles of land in Wayne County. Its Census reference point is in Delaware-Neversink Highlands, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mount Pleasant and Wayne County
Mount Pleasant is associated with Wayne 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 1.12 square miles of water within Mount Pleasant, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 3.3% recorded for Wayne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Pleasant township has 23.5 times the land area of nearby Union Dale borough (2.41 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

