Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of McKee was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1880.
The McKee post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1882.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McKee’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of McKee.
The city was founded on April 1, 1882, and was named for Judge George R. McKee. In 2019, the city held a vote regarding the sale of alcohol, which passed, making the city wet.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McKee.
1953Mc Kee sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McKee.
Between 88 and 878 people in every census since 1880.
12 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on McKee’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in McKee itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
McKee’s post office has been open since 1858.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The McKee post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1882.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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