Assisted Living in McKeesport, PA

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Facts about McKeesport

McKeesport is also known as: Allegheny County / McKeesport city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Tamara Tunie (actor and film director), Bill Shuster (politician), Brandon Short (american football player), Marc Gergely (politician), and Jerome Schillaci (baseball player).

And featured attractions of McKeesport: McKeesport Area High School, South Allegheny Middle/Senior High School, and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny.

McKeesport is represented by Mayor Michael Cherepko.

McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; it is situated at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 19,731 at the 2010 census. By population, it is Allegheny County's second-largest city, after Pittsburgh.Settled in 1795 and named in honor of John McKee, its founder, McKeesport remained a village until 1830 when coal mining began in the region. Large deposits of bituminous coal existed.McKeesport was incorporated as a borough in 1842 and as a city in 1891. Its population grew steadily until the mid-20th century, when it peaked in the 1940s. The city's population in 1900 was 34,227; in 1910, 42,694; in 1920, 45,975; and in 1940, 55,355. The decrease in the population since the 1940s is attributable to the general economic malaise that descended upon the region when the steelmaking industry moved elsewhere. The major employer was the National Tube Works, a manufacturer of iron pipes, which once employed 10,000 men. McKeesport was the site of the first G. C. Murphy five-and-ten-cent store.

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