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McKean County, Pennsylvania

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2newspaper titles
0digitized titles
10historic places
1837earliest paper
1804formed
40,432pop. 2020
51cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 2 newspaper titles published in McKean County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1837. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Bradford, Kane, Liberty Township.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in McKean

Library of Congress
2 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The Beacon and M'kean County JournalSmethport1837–1839
The AugerDuke Centre1888–1892

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18301879192819772026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AnoatokKaneBuilding1986
Barrett, Rufus, Stone HouseBradfordBuilding1982
Bradford ArmoryBradfordBuilding1991
Bradford Downtown Historic DistrictBradfordDistrict2000
Bradford Old City HallBradfordBuilding1976
Crook FarmBradfordDistrict1976
Kane ArmoryKaneBuilding1991
Kane, Thomas L., Memorial ChapelKaneBuilding1978
Lynn HallLiberty TownshipBuilding2007
New Thomson HouseKaneBuilding1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mckean was formed in 1804 (1804-03-26) from Lycoming.

McKEAN created from LYCOMING.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

McKean County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

57k28k1421810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1427282,9758,85942,56551,34348,93456,67356,60754,51750,63545,93640,432

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

51 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 51 of 51 listed
NameLatLon
Artline Road Cemetery41.99288-78.37945
Bell Run Cemetery41.93541-78.23155
Beth Israel Cemetery41.95767-78.66422
Bolivar Run Cemetery41.98365-78.65204
Bridge View Cemetery41.73366-78.64589
Clermont Cemetery41.70317-78.4751
Cooks Cemetery41.97992-78.40243
Coryville Cemetery41.87388-78.38611
Degolia Cemetery41.91467-78.65064
Duke Center Cemetery41.95025-78.47604
Evergreen Cemetery41.98763-78.29151
Fairview Cemetery41.81752-78.27479
Forest Lawn Cemetery41.65057-78.81556
Gibbs Hill Cemetery41.74324-78.91091
Goodwin Cemetery41.86878-78.4361
Greendale Cemetery41.66478-78.7703
Grimes District Cemetery41.83633-78.31771
Kasson Cemetery41.74889-78.52817
Lafayette Cemetery41.79436-78.67993
Lamphier Cemetery41.94914-78.38109
Lebanon Lutheran Cemetery41.67027-78.73681
Lewis Hill Cemetery41.82512-78.30215
Lone Pine Cemetery41.77944-78.88655
Ludlow Cemetery41.72555-78.93167
Marshburg Cemetery41.85558-78.75806
McKean County Farm Cemetery41.79782-78.46339
McKean Memorial Park Cemetery41.79538-78.67093
Moody Hollow Cemetery41.89431-78.4159
Moriah Cemetery41.72359-78.94327
Mount Tabor Cemetery41.64933-78.81037
Myrtle Cemetery41.979-78.235
Nebo Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery41.72602-78.6578
Norwich Cemetery41.72436-78.3911
Oak Hill Cemetery41.95137-78.38265
Oak Hill Cemetery41.95826-78.63705
Port Allegany Cemetery41.8134-78.28009
Portage Valley Cemetery41.74149-78.24179
Rixford Cemetery41.93478-78.47486
Rose Hill Cemetery41.80354-78.43468
Saint Bernards Cemetery41.95189-78.6726
Saint Callistus Cemetery41.6471-78.81275
Saint Elizabeth Cemetery41.80139-78.43299
Saint Gabriels Cemetery41.83124-78.29434
Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery41.9033-78.33805
Saint Raphael Cemetery41.95923-78.37577
Sawyer Cemetery41.93995-78.59305
Smith Cemetery41.85412-78.43469
Stulltown Cemetery41.9113-78.39509
Tefares Israel Congregation and Cemetery41.97529-78.63925
Wagner Cemetery41.95568-78.66733
Willow Dale Cemetery41.94762-78.70125
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Morrison41.80423-78.91643

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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