York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown)
1906

York, a city, capital of York co., Pa., on Codorus Creek, 28 miles SSE. of Harrisburg, on the Northern Central, the Maryland and Pennsylvania and the Western Maryland Re. It is situated in the midst of a very fertile and productive agricultural region, is neatly and substantially built, and contains many fine residences and public buildings. Among the latter are the court-house, municipal building, opera- house, etc. York is the seat of the York Collegiate Institute, the York County Academy, and a high-school, and has an orphans' home, almshouse, various hospitals, and a penitentiary. The city's varied industries are represented by and comprise bridge- and chain-works, foundries and ma chine-shops, paper- and pulp-mills, and the manufacture of cigars and tobacco, agricultural implements, traction engines, water-wheels, safes and locks, knitted goods, cigar- boxes, carriages and wagons, bricks, fertilisers, etc. In 1777—78 the Continental Congress met at this place while Philadelphia was occupied by the British army. The borough was laid out in 1741. Pop. in 1880, 13,940 ; in 1890, 20,793 : in 1900, 33,708.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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