McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Borough
	View of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
	Etymology: Alexander McKee
	Nickname: The Rocks
	Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania.
	Coordinates: 40°28′12.79″N 80°3′49.22″W / 40.4702194°N 80.0636722°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny
Settled in 1764	Incorporated in 1892
Area
• Total	1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2)
• Land	1.06 sq mi (2.73 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,920
• Density	5,606.06/sq mi (2,164.60/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	15136
Area code	412
Exchanges	331, 771, 777, 778
FIPS code	42-46264
School district	Sto-Rox
Website	McKees Rocks

McKees Rocks, also known as "The Rocks", is a borough in Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania, United States, along the south bank of the Ohio River. Part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, its population was 5,920 at the time of the 2020 census.^[2]

The borough is within the Sto-Rox School District, which serves McKees Rocks and neighboring Stowe Township. The local high school is Sto-Rox High School.

The Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad was, and the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad is, located in an area along the river known as the "Bottoms".

The McKees Rocks Bridge, which carries traffic between McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh, is the longest bridge in Allegheny County, at 7,293 feet (2,223 m). McKees Rocks had one of the largest Indian mounds in the state, built by the Adena and Hopewell peoples a thousand years before Europeans entered the area.

In the past, the city was known for its extensive iron and steel interests. There were large railroad machine shops and manufacturers of locomotives and freight and passenger cars. Other factories produced springs, enamel ware, lumber, wall materials, plaster, nuts and bolts, malleable castings, chains and forgings, tin ware, concrete, and cigars.

McKees Rocks is also known as the birthplace of former Ohio Governor John Kasich and late television salesperson Billy Mays.

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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[1] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

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