Winter ends and spring begins on Imbolc, or Candlemas, which is 1 or 2 February. This system of seasons is based on the length of days exclusively.
Mount Pleasant is the county seat and largest city of Titus County in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, Mount Pleasant's population was 13,935. It is the county seat of Titus County, and is situated in Northeast Texas. This town, by city ordinance, is dry (unable) to sell alcoholic beverages. Mount Pleasant, Texas has grown since the 2000 Census population.
Soon, Titus County was organized around that site, and Mount Pleasant became the county seat in 1848. In the 1870s the railroad was built through Mount Pleasant, and by the end of the 19th century the city was recognized as a hub of transportation and trade.