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McKees Rocks is also known as: Allegheny County / McKees Rocks borough and The Rocks.

And some of the notable people born here have been: John Kasich (commentator and politician), Billy Mays (pitchman), Tom Clements (american football player and coach), and Jeff Smith (cartoonist).

And featured attractions of McKees Rocks: Montour High School and Ohio Valley Hospital School of Nursing.

McKees Rocks, also known as "The Rocks", is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the south bank of the Ohio River. The borough population was 6,104 at the 2010 census.In the past, it was known for its extensive iron and steel interests. Also, there were large railroad machine shops, and manufacturers of locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and springs, enamel ware, lumber, wall materials, plaster, nuts and bolts, malleable castings, chains and forgings, tin ware, concrete, and cigars.The Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad is located in an area known as the "Bottoms".The name of the borough is often incorrectly written as "Mc Kees Rocks," "McKee's Rocks," or "McKees Rock," but the official name is "McKees Rocks." The USPS official spelling is "MC KEES ROCKS", possibly because the all-caps spelling could not otherwise represent the internal capital K.It 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 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).The area is served by Port Authority bus routes 20, 21, 22, 24, and CO.

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