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Photograph of Mt. Pleasant Community Church
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Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Pleasant Presbyterian Church, known as Christian Church at Mt. Pleasant Community Church, was built in 1854 near Stayton, Oregon.”

Wikipedia article Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Linn County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. S of Stayton on Stayton-Jordan Rd., Stayton, 97374
  • When was it listed? January 1974
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Mill City
  • National Register reference number. 74001694 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use7.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFIR GROVE FRIE
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitBOOS POND
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFIR GROVE
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam UnitOLD MEHEMA
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRICHARDSON BURNS 2
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFROGERS MTN. LOOP
3 September 2020Debris and open burning3.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFERN RIDGE
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitMEHAMA FIR

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Iron OccurrenceIron, ManganeseOccurrence
SalzlClayOccurrence
SalzlAluminum, ClayProspect
Hink FarmPlatinumOccurrence
Hink FarmPlatinumOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hagel RockStonePast Producer
North Santiam Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Santiam Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Michael and Mary Ryan Barn0.5 miles1999
David and Maggie Aegerter Barn0.7 miles1999
Hannah Bridge3.5 miles1979
Thomas Creek-Shimanek Covered Bridge4.2 miles1987
E.C. Perry Building6.3 miles1998
Joseph Wesely House and Barn6.6 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001694 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Linn CountyAll 73 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.