Mount Pleasant is a village in southern Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.

Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery Quakers, the village was an early center of abolitionist activity and a well-known haven for fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad.

[5] In 1802[6] Nathan Updegraff of the Pennsylvanian Op den Graeff family settled north in Mount Pleasant.

In 1817, Quaker Charles Osborn established The Philanthropist, the first newspaper in the country advocating the abolition of slavery, in Mount Pleasant.

[9] The abolitionist James Birney would later adopt the name The Philanthropist for his anti-slavery newspaper, published in Cincinnati and distributed in New Richmond, Ohio beginning in 1836.

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2), all land.

22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the village was 97.57% White, 1.31% African American, 0.37% Asian, and 0.75% from two or more races.

Public education in the village of Mount Pleasant is provided by the Buckeye Local School District.