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Manchester is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,798 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area .
Manchester Township, deriving its name from the English Duke of Manchester, was laid out in 1742 by Thomas Cookson, a representative of the Lancaster County Courts, because at that time York County was a part of Lancaster County. In the entire township there were 300 inhabitants.
This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania. There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania . Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population.
$783,750 to Glen Rock Borough for streetscape improvements along Main Street. $233,500 to West Manchester Township for intersection improvements at Lincoln Highway and Salem Church Road.
The Borough of West York and West Manchester Township are both served by the West York Area School District. The mascot for the school district is the Bulldog and the athletic teams are commonly called the "Bulldogs". Grace E. Loucks Elementary School was the only remaining active school building within the borough until it closed in June 2015.
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.
As of the census [5] of 2000, there were 5,078 people, 1,926 households, and 1,504 families living in the township. The population density was 305.5 inhabitants per square mile (118.0/km 2).
Manchester began as a village along the shore of the river, providing supplies and services to the surrounding farms. On November 2, 1843, by act of the Pennsylvania Assembly, the borough of Manchester was created out of the surrounding Ross Township. [5] By 1868 there was a well-used wharf in the borough that needed repair. [6]