York County

Also known as York County, Pennsylvania, York County, PA

county in Pennsylvania, United States

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York County is a county located in Pennsylvania in the northeastern United States. It is historically significant as the site where the Continental Congress met during the American Revolution and remains an important part of Pennsylvania's geography and economy today.

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Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Founded: August 19, 1749
Named after: Duke of York
Seat: York
Largest city: York
Total: 911 sq mi (2,360 km )
Land: 904 sq mi (2,340 km )
Water: 6.5 sq mi (17 km ) 0.7%
Estimate 2025: 473,197
Density: 505/sq mi (195/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional districts: 10th , 11th
Website: yorkcountypa .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 456438
Area: 911
Official website: www.york-county.org
Image: Countryside in York County PA.jpg
Households: 174425

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Commons category: York County, Pennsylvania
water as percent of area: 0.7
native label: York County
inception: 1749-08-19
per capita income: 33587

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York County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster County and named either after the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and county of York in England. The county is part of the South Central region of the state.

York County comprises the York-Hanover, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, Pennsylvania combined statistical area. It is in the Susquehanna Valley, a large fertile agricultural region in South Central Pennsylvania.