Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McKee. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Hollidaysburg sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McKee.
The story so far
McKee, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McKee yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
McKee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southern Blair County, in the eastern part of Freedom Township and the southern corner of Blair Township. It sits on both sides of Halter Creek, where the stream exits from a water gap between Short Mountain to the north and Dunning Mountain to the south. Halter Creek is a northwestward-flowing tributary of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River, part of the Susquehanna River watershed. McKee is bordered to the west by East Freedom. Woodbury Pike, carrying Pennsylvania Routes 36 and 164, passes through the cent…
Its first post office opened in 1910.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about McKee in 1911
Passages that mention McKee, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Twentieth century history of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania1911 · page 261Read the page →
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and one mile south of the latter place, on the Martinsburg branch railroad is the town of McKee’s Gap, the station being known as McKee. In 1880 it had a population of 1,214 inhabitants and the value of all real estate then was placed at $85,465. In 1890 the population had decreased to 1,140 and by 1900 it had further decreased to 1,114.
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Twentieth century history of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania1911 · page 134Read the page →
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each. The overhead bridge crossing on the Freedom road has a span of thirty-three and one-half feet, while the overhead bridge on the pike leading from McKee to Leamersville has a span of fifty and five-tenths feet. These three large bridges, and the one across the Wineland mill dam and another below the dam, are all within a distance of
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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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 →
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