Vicksburg CDP (Blair County), PA

Vicksburg is a census-designated place in the southern corner of Blair Township, at the western base of Short Mountain in Blair County. The community is easy to place once you notice the old transportation lines around it: the Morrisons Cove Branch of the former Pennsylvania Railroad runs along the northwest side, while Reservoir Road marks the southeast edge and leads toward McKee and Loop. The ridge continues south of McKee as Dunning Mountain, giving Vicksburg a mountain-foot setting even though the map label itself is small.

Older Blair County place-name records describe Vicksburg as a small village near McKee, and that still feels like the right local scale. It is not an incorporated borough or city; it is a named CDP within Blair Township, with the Hollidaysburg Area School District and nearby roads tying it into the wider county. The local scoop is that Vicksburg's identity is built from a few strong landmarks rather than a big downtown: the old rail line, the reservoir road, McKee, and the long wooded ridge of Short Mountain.