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York's Golden Plough Tavern Commemorative stamp (1977) York in 1930 from the north. York was also known as Yorktown in the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. It was founded in 1741 by settlers from the Philadelphia region and named for the English city of the same name. By 1777, most of the area residents were of German or Scots-Irish descent. [7]
Roughly bounded by Edgewood Avenue, the Windsor Township line, a Maryland and Pennsylvania line, Chestnut Road, Country Club Road, and the York Township line 39°53′55″N 76°36′35″W / 39.898611°N 76.609722°W / 39.898611; -76.609722 ( Red Lion Borough Historic
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.
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It was the home of General Horatio Gates (1727–1806), while the Second Continental Congress convened in York, September 30, 1777, to June 27, 1778, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
This district encompasses 309 contributing buildings and includes notable examples of the Late Victorian and Classical Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Christ Lutheran Church (1812–1814), Odd Fellows Hall (1850), U.S. Post Office (1911), Strand and Capitol Theatre (1923–1925), Elks Home (1860s), Pullman Factory Building (c. 1900), Sylvia Newcombe Center (1892), Friends Meeting ...
This district is situated south of the York Historic District and includes 199 contributing buildings and one contributing site that are located in a residential area of York. The neighborhood was developed between 1920 and 1950, and includes notable examples of the Colonial Revival and Classical Revival styles.