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York County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. 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
The county was formed in 1748 and was named for James, duke of York and Albany (later King James II). The Continental Congress passed the Articles of Confederation in York while it was the national capital during the British occupation of Philadelphia (Sept. 30, 1777–June 27, 1778).
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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
On November 15, 1777, it was here they adopted the Articles of Confederation officially uniting what was then just a rebellious collection of British colonies as one nation named the "United States of America."
York County was 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. Its county seat is the city of York.
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.
Dec 14, 2015 · York County celebrated the Sesquicentennial of York being capital in a big way in 1927-28, but no First Capital claim seemed to come up then. From what has come to light so far, with one...
