McKeesport, Pennsylvania

McKeesport is a city located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 24,040. It is the 2nd largest city in Allegheny County behind only Pittsburgh. 55,355 people lived in McKeesport in 1940. The decrease in the population is attributable to the general economic malaise which descended onto the region when the steel-making industry moved elsewhere.

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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - USA - Confluence - Monongahela - Youghiogheny - 2000 - Allegheny County - Pittsburgh - 1940

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Settled in 1795 and named in honor of John McKee, its founder, McKeesport remained a village until 1830 when coal mining began in the district. Large deposits of bituminous coal existed.

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1795 - 1830 - Bituminous coal

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McKeesport was incorporated as a borough in 1842 and as a city in 1891. Population in 1900, 34,227; in 1910, 42,694; in 1914 (US estimate), 45,965; and in [[1920, 45,975. The major employer was the National Tube Works, which fashioned iron pipes, and which once employed 10,000 men. McKeesport is the site of the first G. C. Murphy 5 and 10 cents store.

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1842 - 1891 - 1900 - 1910 - 1914

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