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Chippewa in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

McKinley School No. 3

 
 
McKinley School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 25, 2011
1. McKinley School Marker
Inscription. Built 1872 on land owned by John McKinley. Pupils in grades one to eight attended here 1873-1929. Purchased by McKinley School Historical Society of Chippewa in 1992. School house now serves as a museum.
 
Erected by Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania - Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.
 
Location. 40° 47.497′ N, 80° 23.425′ W. Marker is in Chippewa, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is at the intersection of 37th Street Extension and McKinley Road, on the right when traveling west on 37th Street Extension. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beaver Falls PA 15010, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chippewa United Methodist Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Caughey's Mill (approx. 1.7 miles away); Chartered In 1798 (approx. 1.9 miles away); Free Presbyterian Church (approx. 2 miles away); Darlington (approx. 2 miles away); First Permanent Structure of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church
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(approx. 2.1 miles away); Darlington Borough (approx. 2.1 miles away); North Country Trail Town - Darlington (approx. 2.1 miles away).
 
McKinley School No. 3 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 25, 2011
2. McKinley School No. 3 Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 780 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 25, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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