Mount Pleasant Area Guide

Mount Pleasant Area Guide

Mt. Pleasant, SC

General Information

Mount Pleasant is your dream waiting to happen! Offering beautiful natural settings for golf, tennis, boating and nature tours, it’s almost an island unto itself with its expansive water front. Quick access to the beaches of Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island offer a quick getaway from the hustle and bustle of the big city of Charleston or a refuge from the workaday world. One of the most picturesque waterways in the Low Country, Shem Creek is host to award winning restaurants and the perfect place to enjoy a beautiful sunset, a picnic on the beach or just a romantic stroll in historic Old Village of Mount Pleasant.
For residents and visitors, one of their most favorite things to do is take a trip back in time, visiting the Fort Sumter National Monument, home to the Congressional Medal of Honor Museum or the Boone Hall Plantation and the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, former home to one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Great shopping from specialty boutiques to antique shops will draw you Mount Pleasant, bringing you back again and again. Whether you’re looking for a weekend getaway, a home near the water or a place to call home for the summer, Mount Pleasant will welcome you like you’ve lived there since before you were born!

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History

Originally a land grant given to Captain Florentia O’Sullivan, the 2,340 acres included not only the island that carries his name, but also became what we know today as Mount Pleasant. In 1696, 51 new settlers arrived and were allotted several hundred acres in the area that would become known as Christ Church Parish. Fighting off several attacks by the Spanish and the French, the settlers persevered and by 1770, Andrew Hibben had begun a ferry charter that was the first to connect Haddrell’s Point with the city of Charleston.
On September 24, 1860 a public meeting was held in Mount Pleasant that produced the first secession resolution of the state. Mount Pleasant was also the secret training ground for the nine-man crew of the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley. It was from Breach Inlet in 1864 that this small vessel was launched to attack and sink the Housitanic. Twenty years after the war, Mount Pleasant was literally a small town with 783 residents and four miles of street were laid with shells, becoming known as a pleasure resort for the planters of Christ Church and the well to do from Charleston. Travelers came by steam ferry until the Cooper River Bridge was built in 1929 and Mount Pleasant continued to grow, today standing a model town for visitors and residents alike.

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Attractions & Activities

Old Mount Pleasant Shopping District Visit the Historic Old Village and enjoy a day of shopping in unique shops that harken back to a simpler time.
Golf Tee off at one of the four championship courses available to visitors and residents, work on your long or your short game and enjoy the view.
Charles Pinckney Historic Site Take a trip back in time and visit the last remnant of Snee Farm, home to one of the framers of the Constitution.

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Parks & Recreation

Enjoy parks and activities in Mount Pleasant that the whole family can enjoy, offering exceptional family fun.

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Events Calendar

Come join in the fun for everything from the Lowcountry Oyster Festival and Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival to the Taste of Charleston and the Mount Pleasant Christmas Parade, there’s always something going on around town!

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