York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown)
1895 - York

York, a post-borough, the capital of York co., Pa., situated on Codorus Creek, 28 miles S.S.E. of Harrisburg, 24 miles W. by S. of Lancaster, 48 miles N. of Baltimore, and 92 miles from Philadelphia, with all of which towns it is connected by railroads. Numerous turnpikes, extending in various directions, connect this place with the principal towns of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Northern Central Railroad connects York with Baltimore on the one hand and with Harrisburg on the other. By the Pennsylvania Railroad it is connected with Philadelphia and New York. York is also a terminus of the Peach Bottom Railroad and the Hanover & York Railroad. The town is neatly and substantially built, and contains many fine residences and public buildings. The most remarkable among the latter are the court-house, a large edifice of granite, resembling a Grecian temple, the Collegiate Institute, erected in 1873 by the munificence of Samuel Small, Esq., and the Presbyterian, German Reformed, and Lutheran churches. There are more than 20 church edifices, belonging to different denominations. Nine newspapers are published here, 4 of which are daily and 5 weekly. There are 5 banking institutions (4 of which are national banks), several insurance companies, 4 foundries, 2 ear-factories, besides the extensive shops of the Northern Central Railroad, 3 planing-mills, 3 manufactories of agricultural implements, a shoe-factory, a condensed-milk-factory, &c. In 1777 the Continental Congress met at this place while Philadelphia was occupied by the British army. The borough was laid out in 1741. York is surrounded by a populous, fertile, and highly cultivated farming-region. Its markets are therefore well supplied; and it is regarded as a very healthy and desirable place of residence, Pop, in 1880, 13,940; in 1890, 20,793.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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