Mount Pleasant, Cleveland
Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It borders the neighborhoods of Buckeye–Shaker and Buckeye–Woodhill to the north, Kinsman to the west, Union–Miles Park to the south, and the suburb of Shaker Heights and the Lee–Harvard neighborhood of Cleveland's Lee–Miles area to the east. The neighborhood has been home to numerous ethnic groups, first Manx immigrants, then Germans, Czechs, Russians, Jews, and Italians.[2] Today, it is a predominantly African American neighborhood.[2] Together with Buckeye–Shaker, it is politically part of Cleveland's Ward 4.[3]
Mount Pleasant | |
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 Luke Easter Park in Mount Pleasant | |
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| Coordinates: 41°27′47″N 81°36′28″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Cuyahoga County |
| City | Cleveland |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,059 |
| Demographics[1] | |
| • White | 2% |
| • Black | 95.3% |
| • Hispanic (of any race) | 1.4% |
| • Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| • Mixed and Other | 2.5% |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 44104, 44105, 44120, 44128 |
| Area code | 216 |
| Median income[1] | $28,087 |
| Source: 2020 U.S. Census | |
References
- "Cleveland Neighborhoods and Wards: Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Factsheet (2021)" (PDF). The Center for Community Solutions (Cleveland). Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- "Mount Pleasant". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- "Current Cleveland City Wards". Northern Ohio Data and Information Service (NODIS), Levin College of Urban Affairs (Cleveland State University). Retrieved June 25, 2020.
Further reading
- Michney, Todd M. (2017). Surrogate Suburbs: Black Upward Mobility and Neighborhood Change in Cleveland, 1900–1980. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1469631943.
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