About York Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania, located in York County, southeastern Pennsylvania, on Codorus Creek; incorporated as a city 1887. It is a commercial, manufacturing, and distribution center for the rich agricultural Pennsylvania Dutch region. Points of interest include York College of Pennsylvania (1941), a junior college, the Courier and Ives Prints and Antiques Gallery, and a historical museum are here. Historic interest are the Golden Plough Tavern (1741) and a reproduction of the old York County Courthouse (originally built 1750s, destroyed 1849). Settled in 1735, York is the oldest permanent non-Native American community in the state west of the Susquehanna River. While serving as capital of the United States during the British occupation of Philadelphia in 1777-1778, it was the site of the adoption of the Articles of Confederation by the Continental Congress. During the American Civil War, Confederate troops briefly occupied York in 1863. The city is named for York, England. Population 44,619 (1980); 42,192 (1990); 40,862 (2000); 40,454 (2006).

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