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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. [1] Its county seat is York. [2] 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 York County History Center (YCHC) is a not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and uses its collections, historic sites and museums to encourage exploration of the history and culture of York County, Pennsylvania. YCHC maintains eight historical sites that demonstrate three hundred years of York County's history.
Location of York County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Pennsylvania.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.
James McClure will sign books from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 2, and noon to 2 p.m., Aug. 3, at the York County History Center’s new museum at West Philadelphia and North Pershing in York. The ...
Let’s use George Prowell’s 1907 history as a benchmark. Prowell wrote the multi-volume general history of York County that is still found in school and public libraries today.
York County History Storytellers will host an evening in which local histories present about “Champs and Foes” in the county’s past. It’s set at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Wyndridge Farm near ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in York County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
It was 1747, the year in which residents west of the Susquehanna lobbied the PA Assembly to let future York County withdraw from Lancaster County. It was 1747, the year in which residents west of ...