Place:Port Allegany, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States

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NamePort Allegany
Alt namesPort Alleghenysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42020577
Keatingsource: History of the Counties of McKean...
Libertysource: History of the Counties of McKean...
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.815°N 78.279°W
Located inMcKean, Pennsylvania, United States
Also located inLiberty (township), McKean, Pennsylvania, United States    
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Port Allegany is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,116 at the 2020 census.[1]

The town's tree-lined streets lie in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, 30 miles west of the Allegheny River's headwaters.

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Originally known as Canoe Place, the town's name was changed to Port Allegany in 1838. It is unusual among places in Pennsylvania that make reference to the Allegheny River; it used the spelling "Allegany," more commonly encountered in place names in neighboring New York.

The town developed as a port on the Allegheny River, and provided a place where travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna River could continue by boat.

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