Mount Pleasant is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. Mount Pleasant was the birthplace of 19th-century writer and humorist Samuel R. Watkins and formerly titled “The Phosphate Capital of the World.” The population was 4,561 at the 2010 census, and 4,784 in 2020.

Settlement of Mount Pleasant began in the to the lead 19th century, and increased similar to the construction of the Military Road connecting Nashville and Madisonville, Louisiana, in 1817. By the become old Mount Pleasant incorporated as a city in 1824, it was house to a store, tavern, and several churches.

In 1895, brown phosphate stone was discovered in Mount Pleasant, leading to a mining boom, and giving the city its nickname. Within a few years, ten phosphate mining companies were in action in Mount Pleasant, producing exceeding 25,000 tons per year. The city’s population grew from 466 in 1890 to 2,007 in 1900. Phosphate mining remained a major allowance of the city’s economy into the latter half of the 20th century.

Mount Pleasant is located at 35°32′42″N 87°11′55″W / 35.54500°N 87.19861°W / 35.54500; -87.19861 (35.544977, -87.198683). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.1 square miles (29 km²), of which 11.1 square miles (29 km) is house and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (0.18%) is water. Mount Pleasant is situated in a relatively expansive plain along with low hills to the east, south, and west. U.S. Route 43 connects the city subsequently Columbia to the northeast and Lawrenceburg to the south.