Mount Pleasant, Michigan Mount Pleasant, Michigan Official seal of Mount Pleasant, Michigan Location inside Isabella County, Michigan Location inside Isabella County, Michigan Mount Pleasant is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Michigan and the governmental center of county of Isabella County, positioned in Central Michigan. The populace was 26,016 at the 2010 census.
Part of the town/city (with a populace of 8,741) is positioned inside the Isabella Indian Reservation, the base of the federally recognized Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation.
The town/city is home to the chief campuses of Central Michigan University, one of the biggest universities in the state with 20,000 students at Mount Pleasant, and Mid Michigan Community College.
The student populace nearly doubles the populace of the town/city during the academic year.
In the early decades of the century, they ceded vast amounts of territory to the United States government, which wanted to extinguish Native American territory titles to enable settlement by European Americans.
The federal Graduation Act of 1854 allowed European-American pioneer to purchase territory from the government at discount rates, and the first white pioneer began to arrive in what became Mount Pleasant.
Under the Treaty of 1855, the Ojibwa bands (Saginaw Chippewa Tribe) from the Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black rivers were relocated to territory in Isabella County (Isabella Indian Reservation). Many non-natives soon moved to Mount Pleasant, predicting prosperous relations with the natives.
The Homestead Act of 1862 also thriving many new settlers, including new European immigrants, to Mount Pleasant to precarious their stake on no-charge lands offered by the US government in exchange for their workforce in developing it for residence and agriculture.
Jordan started Mount Pleasant Business College.
Expanding in 1892, the school changed its name to Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the beginnings of what is now Central Michigan University.
Government opened an Indian boarding school called the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School.
On July 17, 2009, the White Bison Wellbriety Journey for Forgiveness made a stop in the Mount Pleasant improve to recognize this part of the city's history.
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation has purchased the boarding school from the state of Michigan.
Pleasant town/city seal, which includes an image of an petroleum drill.
Pleasant High School's mascot, the Oiler, also refers to the city's history of petroleum production.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.83 square miles (20.28 km2), of which 7.74 square miles (20.05 km2) is territory and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water. The Chippewa River runs through the city.
Mount Pleasant is positioned approximately 61 miles (98 km) north of Lansing, Michigan's state capital, along US 127.
As of the census of 2010, there were 26,016 citizens , 8,376 homeholds, and 3,100 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.6% White, 3.9% African American, 2.0% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 2.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 8,376 homeholds of which 18.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 24.3% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 63.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 22 years.
11% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 53.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.8% were from 25 to 44; 11.9% were from 45 to 64; and 7.2% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,946 citizens , 8,449 homeholds, and 3,126 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.12% White, 3.67% African American, 1.54% Native American, 2.85% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.93% from other competitions, and 1.83% from two or more competitions.
There were 8,449 homeholds out of which 18.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 25.9% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 63.0% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 11.5% under the age of 18, 54.1% from 18 to 24, 16.9% from 25 to 44, 10.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $24,572, and the median income for a family was $43,927.
About 11.4% of families and 37.2% of the populace (student populace skews this statistic) were below the poverty line, including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.
Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport is positioned 2 mi (3.2 km) northeast of the central company district.
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