McAlisterville, PA

McAlisterville is a census-designated place in Fayette Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in the country between the Juniata River and Shade Mountain. The 2010 census counted 971 residents. Pennsylvania Routes 35 and 235 run through the center, giving the community a practical connection to nearby farms, river towns, and the broader Juniata Valley. Because McAlisterville is unincorporated, township government and the surrounding school system are part of the everyday map.

Schools give McAlisterville a defined local center: East Juniata High School, Fayette Township Elementary, and Juniata Christian School are all listed in the community. Locally owned businesses sit alongside those schools and the two state routes, so errands and school trips share the same small road network. Shade Mountain and the Juniata River frame the community without separating it from its farm-town connections. McAlisterville is a place where township government, schools, independent businesses, and the highways through the center carry most of the local activity. That arrangement makes the center legible as a school-and-road community, with the wider valley always close.