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The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster County and named either after the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and county of York in England. The county is part of the South Central region of the state.
Founded in 1741, the city of York (the county seat) is one of the oldest European settlements west of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The county was formed in 1748 and was named for James, duke of York and Albany (later King James II).
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Named either for the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and shire of York in England.
Created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster County and named either for the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and shire of York in England. The name may have been suggested by the proximity to Lancaster County, as the names are used together often in English history. York, the county seat, was laid out in 1741...
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 910 square miles (2,358 km2), of which, 904 square miles (2,343 km2) of it is land and 6 square miles (15 km2) of it (0.64%) is water. The county is bound to its eastern border by the Susquehanna River. Its southern border is the Mason-Dixon Line, which separates Pennsylvania and Mary...
Public school districts
Central York School District Dallastown Area School District Dover Area School District Eastern York School District Hanover Public School District Northeastern York School District Northern York County School District Red Lion Area School District South Eastern School District South Western School District Southern York County School District Spring Grove Area School District West Shore School District West York Area School District York City School District York Suburban School District
Vocational school
York County School of Technology
Colleges and universities
Pennsylvania State University, Penn State York campus Harrisburg Area Community College – York Campus The Art Institute of York York College of Pennsylvania Consolidated School of Business in York York Technical Institute/York Yorktowne Business Institute
Laid out by order of the Penn family as the first city west of the Susquehanna River in 1741, less than four decades later York became the seat of power for our nation when it hosted a Continental Congress on the run from British troops in 1777-78.
Sep 20, 2010 · History of York County Pennsylvania From the Earliest Time to the Present. Divided into general, special, township and borough histories with a biographical department.
May 27, 2024 · York County records begin in August of 1749 when York County was formed from Lancaster County. The Archives stores records for over 40 different county offices during various time periods throughout the past 250 years.
York County was organized in 1749 as the first of the new counties created when William Penn's sons acquired lands “on both sides of the river Susquehanna.” The river forms its east boundary, while the Mason-Dixon Line establishes a southern edge with Maryland.
