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Mount Pleasant is a Maury County town about 59 miles (1 hour 5 minutes) southwest of Nashville via Columbia and I-65. Once the 'Phosphate Capital of the World,' it has a downtown Square from 1824 and three historic districts.
Mount Pleasant is a small town of roughly 4,800 people in the southwestern corner of Maury County, just southwest of Columbia. Settled in 1824, it earned the nickname "Phosphate Capital of the World" after phosphate was discovered within the town limits in 1895; mining shaped its growth and continued in the county into the early 1990s, and that legacy is preserved in three National Register of Historic Places districts (two residential, one commercial). Today the draw is a restored, walkable downtown Square with locally owned storefronts, festivals, and porch concerts. Children attend Maury County Public Schools, and the town's Mt. Pleasant Elementary, Middle, and High schools operate as a connected K-12 STEAM campus. Out-of-state movers should weigh the commute honestly: it is about 59 miles and a roughly one-hour-plus drive to downtown Nashville via Columbia and I-65, making it a genuinely rural choice rather than a close-in suburb.
40 homes for sale in Mount Pleasant right now
Active listings as of 2026-09-23 · Source: Realtracs via MLS GRID
Source: Realtracs via MLS GRID · retrieved 2026-09-06
$259,900
8361 Mount Joy Rd
Mount Pleasant, TN, 38474
Single Family Residence · Single level · Main-level primary
“Welcome home to this beautifully versatile 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom ranch style home with…”
3 days on market
Listed by Keller Williams Realty · MLS# 3245906
Active · (615) 302-4242
↓ $18,850 · Sep 17$429,900
628 Brookside Dr
Mount Pleasant, TN, 38474
Sugar Creek Ph 3 · Single level · Main-level primary
“***** Ask me about sellers assistance for Buyers closing costs, rate buy downs or…”
8 days on market
Listed by Regent Realty · MLS# 3231997
Active · (615) 333-9000
1 / 6$419,694
316 Black Bear Drive
Mount Pleasant, TN, 38474
Cottages at Bearwood · New construction
“FIRST QUARTER 2027!! The Bedford Floor Plan by DRB Homes at the Cottages at Bearwood is a…”
9 days on market
Listed by DRB Group Tennessee · MLS# 3513608
Active · (615) 933-0403
1 / 3$428,750
616 Brookside Dr
Mount Pleasant, TN, 38474
Sugar Creek Ph 3 · Single level · Main-level primary
“***** Ask me about sellers assistance for Buyers closing costs, rate buy downs or…”
11 days on market
Listed by Regent Realty · MLS# 3245433
Active · (615) 333-9000
1 / 6$285,000
304 Hay Long Ave
Mount Pleasant, TN, 38474
Single Family Residence · Single level · Main-level primary
“Ranch home set on one of Maury County’s most picturesque streets! Located on a treed .38…”
19 days on market
Listed by simpliHOM · MLS# 3542878
Active · (855) 856-9466
1 / 6$1,000,000
8005 Dry Creek Rd
Mount Pleasant, TN, 38474
Single Family Residence · Acreage · Main-level primary
“Beautifully situated on 22 acres in Mt. Pleasant, this exceptional property offers a…”
21 days on market
Listed by McEwen Group · MLS# 3542283
Active · (931) 381-1808
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Questions people ask about Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a small Maury County town at the far southern end of the county, past Columbia, and it has a walkable downtown Square dating to 1824 with restored storefronts and regular events on it. Three National Register historic districts — two residential and one commercial — cover a good part of the town.
Its history is phosphate: the mineral was discovered here in 1895 and the town was known as the Phosphate Capital of the World. Today there is a K-12 STEAM campus within Maury County Public Schools, a regional airport in town, seven city parks, and the GM Spring Hill employment hub within reach.
Orientation: Maury County is south of Williamson County; Spring Hill is its northern end, Columbia is the county seat in the middle, and Mount Pleasant is the far southern end. All three are in the same county and the same school district but they are very different towns.
The practical consequence is distance. Mount Pleasant is roughly 59 miles from Nashville, which puts it beyond daily-commute range for most people, and the local market is small enough that inventory can be thin. Xxentria's plant is the marquee project adding to the local employment base.
About 59 miles and roughly an hour and five minutes to downtown Nashville via Columbia and I-65, and longer in rush hour through Spring Hill. The Spring Hill stretch is the reliable bottleneck.
Columbia is the nearest larger town and is where most daily errands happen, and the GM complex at Spring Hill is a realistic work destination from here. Nashville is better treated as an occasional trip than a daily drive.
We don't rate schools and we don't characterize any area as safe or otherwise — those are your calls to make, from the official record, and an agent who makes them for you is doing you a disservice. What we will do is hand you the primary sources and get out of the way.
Zoning is set by address, not by subdivision name, so the district's own school-locator tool is the only answer that holds for the specific house you're looking at. Our sources page links the Tennessee Department of Education report card, the district lookups, and the official crime-data portals, with no commentary from us on any of them.
What's changing in Mount Pleasant
Updated June 2026Taiwan-based Xxentria Technology Materials broke ground in June 2025 on its first U.S. manufacturing facility at Mount Pleasant's Cherry Glen Industrial Park — a $45 million investment bringing 85 jobs, with a potential second $50 million phase. It is the single largest current development reshaping this ~5,000-person Maury County town, alongside a wave of new residential subdivisions and several smaller industrial expansions.
MARQUEE PROJECT — Xxentria Technology Materials Co., Ltd.: This is the headline development. The Taiwanese global manufacturer of metal composite materials chose Mount Pleasant for its FIRST U.S. manufacturing operation. Investment: $45 million. Jobs: 85+ new positions. Location: Cherry Glen Industrial Park, a Select Tennessee Certified Site in Maury County. Product: metal composite panels for the automotive/transportation industry — specifically truck and trailer bodies — using two lamination lines and one fabrication line.
Xxentria timeline & status: Announced December 12, 2023 (by Gov. Bill Lee and ECD Commissioner Stuart McWhorter). Groundbreaking held June 25, 2025, after roughly two years of planning. As of the reporting available, the facility is in construction following groundbreaking; a specific production-start date has not been published. CEO Howard Cheng said the company hopes to invest an additional $50 million in a future phase 'if everything goes smoothly.' The company also donated $10,000 to Mt. Pleasant Elementary School. NOTE: specific building square footage and acreage were not disclosed in available sources.
CONTEXT — why it matters: At roughly 5,000 residents, a $45M / 85-job plant is a significant economic event for Mount Pleasant, the historic 'Phosphate Capital' just southwest of Columbia. It continues the town's run of foreign-investment manufacturing wins anchored by the Cherry Glen Industrial Park.
OTHER ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS (smaller, for completeness): (1) Hygrade Components expansion — announced June 2026; over $1.6M investment, 30+ new jobs (to ~100 total employees), adding ~100,000 sq ft at its existing plant on North Main Street; Hygrade makes metal components for windows/doors and has been in Mount Pleasant since 1994. (2) AVM Group — announced 2026, opening a national headquarters in Mount Pleasant, creating roughly 30 jobs. (3) Fuel Total Systems (FTS) — an OLDER project (announced 2018): ~$60.9M, 110,000-sq-ft automotive-components facility, 150 jobs; its dollar figure is larger than Xxentria's, but it is not a current project. (4) Solvay Group — a multi-year investment at its existing Mount Pleasant facility. (5) Athena-SCE — a smaller expansion adding jobs.
Mount Pleasant's growth is also residential. Named active developments include Freedom Crossing (new construction underway) and the Cottages of Bearwood (now sold out), plus a final plat for the Sugar Creek subdivision (49 residential lots).
Mount Pleasant is a small Maury County town in the middle of a Main Street revitalization, so new food, drink, and shopping openings are limited but real, and most of them sit on North or South Main Street downtown. The listings below are verified in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee (not the larger Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, which dominates national restaurant coverage), and longtime spots such as Twisted Copper Brewing Co. (2022) and Mt. Pleasant Grille predate this window.
Bakery and tea room at 111 N. Main St. in downtown Mount Pleasant, serving from-scratch cakes, pies, and pastries along with traditional tea service. It is a second location of the Spring Hill bakery owned by Rasheen and Erinn Hartwell. Posted summer hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; confirm before visiting.
Grocery / Food hall · opened 2025
Retail shop from Charlie Rash at 103 S. Main St. on the downtown square, carrying outdoor and field gear, firearms, and home goods with a Southern theme. The store also handles gunsmith work such as cleaning, sight installation, inspections, and FFL transfers. Posted hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Retail · opened 2025
Coffee shop at 1133B N. Main St. in Mount Pleasant, listed by the Maury County visitors bureau as a new coffee shop in town. Confirm current hours before visiting.
Coffee · recently opened
Mexican restaurant at 305 N. Main St. in Mount Pleasant, listed by the Maury County visitors bureau as a new restaurant in town. Confirm current hours before visiting.
Restaurant · recently opened
Vintage store at 113 N. Main St. on the downtown Mount Pleasant square, one of the storefronts opened during the Main Street revitalization. Posted hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Retail · recently opened
Retail store at 121 S. Main St. in downtown Mount Pleasant, listed by the Maury County visitors bureau as a brand new store in town. Confirm current hours before visiting.
Retail · recently opened
Coffee shop at 106 N. Main St. in downtown Mount Pleasant, next to The Southern Baking Co.; both are owned by Erinn Hartwell. The shop was announced with a drink-focused menu of coffee, energy drinks, smoothies, and matcha, and the Maury County visitors bureau lists it as now open. Confirm current hours before visiting.
Coffee · opened 2026
We document 2 new-construction communities in Mount Pleasant — builders, floor plans, amenities, and what each one is actually like on the ground. Buyer representation on new construction is often little or no cost to you; how it is paid is settled per offer, in writing.
Choosing an agent in Mount Pleasant
How to evaluate agents in Mount Pleasant — what to verify, what to ask, and where our team's Mount Pleasant track record fits.
Figures reviewed July 2026. We pull current, address-level comparables before any offer.
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Mount Pleasant is approximately About 59 miles / roughly 1 hour 5 minutes to downtown Nashville via Columbia and I-65 (longer in rush hour through Spring Hill) from downtown Nashville, depending on traffic and your specific route.
A historic ~5,000-person town southwest of Columbia, known as the former "Phosphate Capital of the World," with three National Register historic districts and a walkable downtown Square dating to 1824. It's commonly a fit for Buyers seeking a small-town square and a rural pace, Those who want historic-district character and a walkable small-town Square, Remote workers and others comfortable with a longer Nashville commute, Buyers drawn to acreage and new-construction lots in a rural setting.
Areas commonly searched in Mount Pleasant include Downtown Square / Commercial Historic District, Pleasant Historic District, Freedom Crossing, Cottages of Bearwood. We can pull recent comparable sales and tell you what's currently driving demand in each, so you can decide what fits.
The Will Johnson Team (eXp Realty) works Mount Pleasant regularly — a 5.0-rated team on Google and Zillow, RealTrends Verified 2026, licensed in Tennessee since 2013, and quoted as an expert source by CBS MoneyWatch and Bottom Line Personal. Call 615-265-1000 to talk through buying or selling in Mount Pleasant — the first conversation carries no commitment.
Mount Pleasant is a small Maury County town at the far southern end of the county, past Columbia, and it has a walkable downtown Square dating to 1824 with restored storefronts and regular events on it. Three National Register historic districts — two residential and one commercial — cover a good part of the town. Its history is phosphate: the mineral was discovered here in 1895 and the town was known as the Phosphate Capital of the World. Today there is a K-12 STEAM campus within Maury County Public Schools, a regional airport in town, seven city parks, and the GM Spring Hill employment hub within reach.
Orientation: Maury County is south of Williamson County; Spring Hill is its northern end, Columbia is the county seat in the middle, and Mount Pleasant is the far southern end. All three are in the same county and the same school district but they are very different towns. The practical consequence is distance. Mount Pleasant is roughly 59 miles from Nashville, which puts it beyond daily-commute range for most people, and the local market is small enough that inventory can be thin. Xxentria's plant is the marquee project adding to the local employment base.
About 59 miles and roughly an hour and five minutes to downtown Nashville via Columbia and I-65, and longer in rush hour through Spring Hill. The Spring Hill stretch is the reliable bottleneck. Columbia is the nearest larger town and is where most daily errands happen, and the GM complex at Spring Hill is a realistic work destination from here. Nashville is better treated as an occasional trip than a daily drive.
We don't rate schools and we don't characterize any area as safe or otherwise — those are your calls to make, from the official record, and an agent who makes them for you is doing you a disservice. What we will do is hand you the primary sources and get out of the way. Zoning is set by address, not by subdivision name, so the district's own school-locator tool is the only answer that holds for the specific house you're looking at. Our sources page links the Tennessee Department of Education report card, the district lookups, and the official crime-data portals, with no commentary from us on any of them.
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Will Johnson leads The Will Johnson Team at eXp Realty, serving buyers and sellers across Middle Tennessee — Mount Pleasant, Nashville, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Sumner County, Brentwood, Franklin, Mount Juliet, Murfreesboro and the surrounding communities. A U.S. Army veteran who served 14 years and rose to the rank of Major, and a former ICU nurse and nurse anesthetist (CRNA) who graduated with a 4.0 from MTSA, he has been licensed in Tennessee since 2013 (license #330494); in the last 12 months (as of 2026) the team has closed $27.7 million in volume across 64 transactions. The team holds a 5.0 rating on Google and Zillow, is RealTrends Verified 2026, has been featured as an expert source by CBS MoneyWatch and Bottom Line Personal, and can be reached at 615-265-1000.
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