Mount Pleasant is a suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, within the metropolitan area of Charleston. It is the fifth largest municipality in South Carolina. The population was 47,609 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 59,104. Mount Pleasant is included within the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area and the Charleston-North Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the 3rd largest municipality in this metro behind Charleston and North Charleston.
At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriot's Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship. The Ravenel Bridge, an eight lane highway that was completed in 2006, spans the Cooper River and links Mount Pleasant with downtown Charleston.
