York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown)
1854 - York

York, a wealthy post-borough of York township, capital of York county, Pennsylvania, on Codorus creek, 10 miles S. W. from the Susquehanna river, 28 miles S. S. E. from Harrisburg, 24 miles W. by S. from Lancaster, 48 miles N. from Baltimore, and 92 miles from Philadelphia, with all which towns it is connected by railways. Numerous turnpikes, extending in various directions, connect this place with the principal towns of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Baltimore and Susquehanna railroad joins here with the York and Cumberland, and the York and Wrightsville railroad. The town is neatly and substantially built, and contains many fine residences and public buildings. The most remarkable among the latter is the court house, a large edifice of granite, resembling a Grecian temple : it cost $150,000. Several of the churches are adorned with lofty spires. It contains 2 banks, with an aggregate capital of $320,000. Four news papers are published here. York is surrounded by a populous and fertile farming region, which is well watered and highly cultivated. The Codorus creek has been made navigable from this place to its mouth by a number of dams and side-cuts. In 1777 the Continental Congress met at this place, while Philadelphia was occupied by the British army. Laid out in 1741. Population of the borough in 1850, 6808; of the town ship, exclusive of the borough, 1900.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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