Kane

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Kane

Total population

3,537

Median home value

$73,600

22.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$52,353

Kane$52k

National$74k

Elevation611 m

Weather75°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates41.66°, -78.81°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kane is a borough in McKean County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 87 miles (140 km) east-southeast of Erie. It was founded in 1864 by Civil War General Thomas L. Kane of the famous Bucktail Regiment. In the early part of the 20th century, Kane was an industrial hub. The population peaked in the 1920s, but has since declined to 3,630 people as of the 2020 census.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Kane, PA from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Maryanne Amacher

American composer and installation artist (1938–2009)

Clayton Bissell

United States Air Force general

C

Craig Defoy

professional golfer

Joy Flowers Conti

United States federal judge

V

Victor J. Westerberg

American politician

John Sherrod

American meteorologist and information scientist

Leon Johnson

T

Thomas Fredrickson

American jazz bassist

T

Thomas Leiper Kane

(1903-1933)

M

Merton Shatzkin

American violinist, composer, and professor of music theory (1929-2024)

D

David Elson

Israeli Biochemist

J

John M. Munson

American educator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pennsylvania

• James City
  3.8 mi away · pop. 174
• Johnsonburg
  13.6 mi away
• Clarendon
  16.8 mi away · pop. 358
• Marienville
  20.9 mi away
• Leeper
  32.7 mi away · pop. 178
• Falls Creek
  36 mi away
• Brookville
  37.4 mi away · pop. 3,946
• DuBois
  37.5 mi away
• Coudersport
  41.6 mi away
• Bear Lake
  42.3 mi away · pop. 132
• Marianne
  43.4 mi away
• Hasson Heights
  47.2 mi away · pop. 1,351

Browse all places in Pennsylvania →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kane

K is for keystone

Kristen Kane · 2003

The Mormons

Thomas Leiper Kane · 1850

Dr. Kane's expedition

Pennsylvania. General Assembly · 1856

K Is for Keystone

Kristen Kane · 2010

3 self-taught Pennsylvania artists

Carnegie Institute of Technology. Museum of Art · 1966

Larry Kane's Philadelphia

Larry Kane · 2000

Mormons

Thomas Leiper Kane · 2008

History of the "Bucktails," Kane Rifle Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

Osmund Rhodes Howard Thomson · 2018

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Dark Fishing Spider

Dolomedes tenebrosus

Seen 2026-09-21

Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

Seen 2026-09-18

purple-flowered raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Seen 2026-09-18

red stinkhorn

Mutinus ravenelii

Seen 2026-09-13

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Seen 2026-09-13

white turtlehead

Chelone glabra

Seen 2026-09-11

blue polypore

Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus

Seen 2026-09-11

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Seen 2026-09-11

Platytipula

Platytipula

Seen 2026-09-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).