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Mount Pleasant (Borough of Pennsylvania)

a borough of Pennsylvania in Westmoreland co., about 70 miles S. W. of Pittsburgh. It is situated on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads. It contains the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute and is the center of important coke-making industry. There are also manufactories of flour, iron, foundry products, glass, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,812; (1920) 5,862.

MOUNT VERNON the Ohio river and on the Louisville and Nashville and the Chicago and Eastern railroads. It has a court house, house, a library, and manufactories of flour, lumber, engines, foundry and machine-shop products. It is the center of an important agricultural region. Pop. (1910) 5,563; (1920) 5,284.