McKees Half Falls, Pennsylvania

McKees Half Falls is an unincorporated community in Snyder County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

History

The community was named after Thomas McKee, a pioneer who settled at this site near a waterfall on the Susquehanna River.[2] A variant name is "McKee Half Falls".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McKees Half Falls
  2. ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.

40°39′41″N 76°55′05″W / 40.66139°N 76.91806°W / 40.66139; -76.91806


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