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York County, Pennsylvania

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4newspaper titles

0digitized titles

98historic places

1855earliest paper

1749formed

456,438pop. 2020

72cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 4 newspaper titles published in York County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1855. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 98 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near York, Hanover, Delta.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in York

Library of Congress

4 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
American Protectionist	York	1855–1899
The American Eagle	York	1855–1899
The American Lutheran	York, Selinsgrove	1864–1876
The Age	York	1890–1897

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18501894193819822026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

63 of 98 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

98 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill	West York Borough	Building	1991
Ashton-Hursh House	New Cumberland	Building	2003
Berkheimer, Henry and Elizabeth, Farm	Washington Township	Building	2000
Billmeyer House	York	Building	1970
Bixler, Michael and Magdealena Farmstead	East Manchester	Building	2000
Bobb, Barnett, House	York	Building	1975
Bridge 182+42, Northern Central Railway	Glen Rock	Structure	1995
Bridge 5+92, Northern Central Railway	Seven Valleys	Structure	1995
Bridge 634, Northern Central Railway	Railroad	Structure	1995
Bridge between East Manchester and Newberry Townships	Conewago Heights	Structure	1988
Bridge in Washington Township	Kralltown	Structure	1988
Brodbeck, S. B., Housing	Brodbecks	Building	1990
Burgholtshouse	East Prospect	Building	1979
Chestnut Hill	Windsor Township	Building	2001
Clear Spring Mill	Dillsburg	Building	1996
Codorus Forge and Furnace Historic District	Saginaw	District	1991
Consumers Cigar Box Company	Red Lion	Building	1999
Cookes House	York	Building	1972
Coulsontown Cottages Historic District	Delta	District	1985
Deer Creek Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad	Shrewsbury	Structure	1995
Delta Historic District	Delta	District	1983
Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad	Delta	Structure	1995
Diamond Silk Mill	East York	Building	1992
Dill's Tavern	Dillsburg	Building	2004
Dritt Mansion	Wrightsville	Building	1977
East York Historic District	Springettsbury Township	District	1999
Eichelberger High School	Hanover	Building	1995
Emig Mansion	Emigsville	Building	1984
Fairmount Historic District	York City	District	1999
Farmers Market	York	Building	1977
Fissel's School	Shrewsbury Township	Building	1997
Forry House	York	Building	1977
Gates, Gen. Horatio, House, and Golden Plough Tavern	York	Building	1971
Glen Rock Historic District	Glen Rock	District	1997
Goldsboro Historic District	Goldsboro	District	1984
Guinston United Presbyterian Church	Laurel	Building	1976
Hammersly-Strominger House	Lewisberry	Building	1978
Hanover Historic District	Hanover	District	1997
Hanover Junction Railroad Station	Hanover Junction	Building	1983
Howard Tunnel, Northern Central Railway	New Salem	Structure	1995
Hyson Schools Historic District	East Hopewell Township	District	2023
Indian Steps Cabin	Airville	Building	1990
Kise Mill Bridge	Woodside	Structure	1988
Kise Mill Bridge Historic District	York Haven	District	1980
Laurel-Rex Fire Company House	York	Building	1976
Leibhart, Byrd, Site (36YO170)	Long Level	Site	2009
Leibhart, Oscar, Site (36YO9)	Long Level	Site	1984
McCalls Ferry Farm	Lower Chanceford Township	District	2000
Melchinger, Englehart, House	Dover	Building	1992
Merchants Cigar Box Company	Dallastown	Building	2021
Muddy Creek Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad	Sunnyburn	Structure	1995
Muddy Creek Forks Historic District	Muddy Creek Forks	District	1994
Nace (Neas), George, House	Hanover	Building	1972
New Freedom Railroad Station, Northern Central Railway	New Freedom	Building	1995
Nook, The	York Spring Garden	Building	1982
Northwest York Historic District	York	District	1983
Payne's Folly	Fawn Township	Building	1986
Pettit's Ford	Dover	Building	1983
Pierceville Run Agricultural Historic District	Glen Rock	District	2013
Pleasureville Historic Historic	Springettsbury	District	2000
Quay, Rev. Anderson B., House	Dillsburg	Building	1997
Railroad Borough Historic District	Railroad	District	1984
Red Lion Borough Historic District	Red Line	District	2000
Ridge Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad	Stewartstown	Structure	1995
Schultz, Martin, House	Hallam	Building	1993
Scott Creek Bridge-North, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad	Bryansville	Structure	1995
Shelly, William, School and Annex	West York Borough	Building	2001
Shrewsbury Historic District	Shrewsbury	District	1984
Shrewsbury Railroad Station, Stewartstown Railroad	Shrewsbury	Building	1995
Sinking Springs Farms	Manchester	District	2000
South Road Bridge, Northern Central Railway	Larue	Structure	1995
Spring Grove Borough Historic District	Spring Grove	District	1984
Springdale Historic District	York	District	2001
Stevens School	York	Building	1983
Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad	Stewartstown	Building	1995
Stewartstown Railroad Station	Stewartstown	Building	1995
Stone Arch Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad	Railroad	Structure	1995
Stoner, Samuel, Homestead	York	Building	1976
Strickler Family Farmhouse	York	Building	1991
Swigart's Mill	Hanover	Building	1980
US Post Office-Hanover	Hanover	Building	1992
United Cigar Manufacturing Company	York City	Building	1999
Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad	Stewartstown	Structure	1995
Wallace-Cross Mill	Felton	Building	1977
Warrington Meetinghouse	Wellsville	Building	1975
Wellsville Historic District	Wellsville	District	1977
West Side Sanitarium	West York Borough	Building	2004
Whiteford, Hugh and Elizabeth Ross, House	Delta	Building	2018
Willis House	York	Building	1979
Wrightsville Historic District	Wrightsville	District	1983
York Armory	York	Building	1990
York Casket Company	York	Building	2008
York Central Market	York	Building	1978
York Dispatch Newspaper Offices	York	Building	1978
York Historic District	York	District	1979
York Historic District (Boundary Increase)	York	District	2008
York Iron Company Mine	Spring Grove	Site	1985
York Meetinghouse	York	Building	1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

York was formed in 1749 (1749-08-19) from Lancaster.

YORK created from LANCASTER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

York County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
37,747	25,643	38,759	47,010	68,200	87,841	116,413	144,521	178,022	202,737	238,336	312,963	381,751	456,438

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

72 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 72 of 72 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bair Codorus Mennonite Cemetery	39.90417	-76.81839
Bott Cemetery	39.93823	-76.82333
Bowser Cemetery	39.73968	-76.7121
Bucher Cemetery	39.83197	-76.99349
Chanceford Cemetery	39.82982	-76.43191
Chestnut Hill Cemetery	39.7899	-76.74056
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	39.76736	-76.67701
Christ Roth's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.90586	-76.88401
Coopers Cemetery	39.72954	-76.24614
Dallastown Union Cemetery	39.90821	-76.65354
Dillsburg Cemetery	40.10959	-77.04259
Dover Union Cemetery	39.99178	-76.85687
Dubs Cemetery	39.78704	-76.90531
Fairview Bethel Cemetery	40.1858	-76.90444
Fetrow Cemetery	40.16397	-76.79691
Fisher Cemetery	40.17565	-76.78525
Glen Rock Union Cemetery	39.80049	-76.7287
Greenmount Cemetery	39.96287	-76.75858
Heiland View Cemetery	39.92178	-76.63456
Hershey Burial Grounds	39.88425	-76.84191
Holy Saviour Cemetery	40.02856	-76.75056
Hopewell Cemetery	39.73726	-76.58429
Hopewell Presbyterian Cemetery	39.80858	-76.5487
Kreutz Creek Cemetery	40.00648	-76.6206
Lebanon Cemetery	39.98144	-76.73595
Loucks Cemetery	39.97375	-76.77332
Miller Cemetery	40.16825	-76.76942
Mount Olive Cemetery	40.21366	-76.8564
Mount Olivet Cemetery	39.78856	-76.97421
Mount Rose Cemetery	39.95578	-76.69425
Mount Zion Cemetery	39.8238	-76.66983
Mumma Cemetery	39.7993	-76.96531
Myers Cemetery	40.12315	-76.92747
Ness Cemetery	39.86955	-76.67219
New Fairview Church Cemetery	39.92229	-76.70471
New Hope United Church of Christ Cemetery	39.76781	-76.73572
Old Reformed Graveyard	39.80127	-76.97987
Old Roundhill Cemetery	39.83648	-76.57442
Olewiler Cemetery	39.95393	-76.51455
Paddletown Cemetery	40.13384	-76.78722
Paradise Cemetery	39.93056	-76.92637
Paradise Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.93097	-76.9245
Pet Cemetery	39.85788	-76.78053
Porters Cemetery	39.81897	-76.89564
Prospect Hill Cemetery	39.97607	-76.73553
Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot	39.97238	-76.73243
Red Lion Cemetery	39.90601	-76.60587
Reformed Cemetery	39.78831	-76.74019
Rest Haven Cemetery	39.7883	-76.98786
Rock Chapel Cemetery	39.73327	-76.66416
Roof Memorial Park	40.19092	-76.89136
Round Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery	39.81468	-76.56449
Saint Johns Cemetery	40.1406	-76.86425
Saint Mary's - Saint Patrick's Cemetery	39.93801	-76.7187
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.8806	-76.81957
Salem Evangelical Cemetery	40.05639	-76.90449
Salem Union Cemetery	39.98887	-76.86186
Shaffer Cemetery	39.86132	-76.62404
Slate Ridge Cemetery	39.72548	-76.3419
Smoketown Cemetery	40.17204	-76.76406
Springville Cemetery	39.94787	-76.49385
Strickler - Miller Cemetery	39.98762	-76.66013
Strickler Cemetery	40.01896	-76.55734
Suburban Memorial Gardens	40.0212	-76.81636
Susquehanna Memorial Gardens	39.91838	-76.65454
Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Zion Cemetery	39.74138	-76.31217
Trinity Cemetery	39.86259	-76.54104
Trinity Roth's United Church of Christ Cemetery	39.90189	-76.88635
Williams Cemetery	39.87343	-76.65886
Winter Cemetery	39.82567	-76.70831
York Road Cemetery	39.81612	-76.94235
Zeigler Church Cemetery	39.86231	-76.7839

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Golden	39.96232	-76.62747
Pigeon Hills	39.86815	-76.93026
Pleasant Grove	39.81538	-76.46969

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Hanover	4,653	25.2 km	PA001

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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