York, Pennsylvania

This article is about the Pennsylvania city. For other uses, see York, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

York (Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick) is a city in, and the county seat of, York County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[3] Located in South Central Pennsylvania, the city's population was 44,800 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the tenth largest city in Pennsylvania.^[4]

York, Pennsylvania
City
Old York County Courthouse
Nickname:  The White Rose City
Location in York County, Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 39°57′46″N 76°43′41″W / 39.96278°N 76.72806°W / 39.96278; -76.72806Coordinates: 39°57′46″N 76°43′41″W / 39.96278°N 76.72806°W / 39.96278; -76.72806
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	York
Laid out	1741
- Borough	September 24, 1787
- City	January 11, 1887
Government
• Mayor	Michael Helfrich (D)
Area ^[1]
• City	5.34 sq mi (13.84 km^2)
• Land	5.29 sq mi (13.71 km^2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km^2)
Population  (2020)
• City	44,800
• Density	8,389.5/sq mi (3,237.0/km^2)
• Urban	238,549 (US: 168th)^[2]
• Urban density	2,109.6/sq mi (814.5/km^2)
• Metro	456,438 (US: 121st)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	17401, 17403, 17404, 17405
Area code(s)	717 and 223
FIPS code	42-87048
Website	www.yorkcity.org

Founded in 1741, York served as the temporary capital of the Continental Congress from September 1777 to June 1778, during which the Articles of Confederation were drafted.^[5] It is the largest city in the York–Hanover metropolitan area, which is also included in the larger Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area of the Susquehanna Valley. The city has an urban area population of 238,549 people and a metropolitan population of 456,438 people.

History

18th century

Further information: Pennsylvania in the American Revolution

 

York's Golden Plough Tavern

York was also known as Yorktown in the mid eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. It was founded in 1741 by settlers from the Philadelphia region and named for the English city of the same name. By 1777, most of the area residents were of either German or Scots-Irish descent.^[6]

York was incorporated as a borough on September 24, 1787, and as a city on January 11, 1887.

 

Commemorative stamp (1977)

York served as the temporary capital of the Continental Congress from September 30, 1777, to June 27, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Congress drafted and adopted the Articles of Confederation in York, though they were not ratified until March 1781. Congress met at the Court House (built 1754, demolished 1841, and rebuilt 1976 as Colonial Court House).^[5]

York styles itself the first Capital of the United States, although historians generally consider it to be the fourth capital, after Philadelphia, Baltimore and (for one day) Lancaster.^[7] The claim arises from the assertion that the Articles of Confederation was the first legal document to refer to the colonies as "the United States of America".^[8] The argument depends on whether the Declaration of Independence, which also uses the term, would be considered a true legal document of the United States, being drafted under and in opposition to British rule. This does not, however, prevent modern businesses and organizations in the York area, such as the First Capital Dispensing Co., First Capital Engineering and First Capital Federal Credit Union from using the name.

The Conway Cabal, a political intrigue against General George Washington, had its origins in the Golden Plough Tavern in York.^[9]

19th century

See also: Pennsylvania in the American Civil War

 

Home of William C. Goodridge, a successful black businessman who ran an Underground Railway station

According to U.S. census reports from 1800 through 1840, York ranked within the nation's top one hundred most populous urban areas.

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), York became the largest Northern town to be occupied by the Confederate army when the division of Major General Jubal Anderson Early spent June 28–30, 1863 in and around the town while the brigade of John B. Gordon marched to the Susquehanna River at Wrightsville and back. Early placed York under tribute status and collected food, supplies, clothing, shoes, and $28,000 in cash from citizens and merchants before departing westward, obeying the revised orders of Robert E. Lee.

The sprawling York U.S. Army Hospital on Penn Commons served thousands of Union soldiers who had been wounded during the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.^[10]

During the Postbellum era (1865–1877), York remained a regional center for local agriculture, but increasingly became an important industrial center, with such industries as steam engines, railroad manufacturing, and papermaking achieving dominant status.

To this day, York still features unique architecture, ranging from colonial era buildings to large gothic churches.

20th century

 

Six-wheeled Pullman Automobile

The York Motor Car Co. built Pullman automobiles on North George St. from 1905 thorough 1917. An early and unique six-wheeled prototype was involved in one of the city's first known automobile accidents.^[11] Another model was driven to San Francisco and back during roughly one month to prove its reliability several years prior to the creation of the Lincoln Highway which ran through town, connecting New York and San Francisco.

The York area had also been home for more than one hundred years to the Pfaltzgraff company, which built its first pottery factory in the area in 1895 and continued manufacturing in York until 2005.^[12]

Although currently produced by the Hershey Company, the York Peppermint Pattie was created in York in 1940.^[13]

Throughout the middle of the twentieth century, many African American residents of the city were subject to hostile racial prejudice and social injustices.^[14] Between 1955 and 1970, the people of York experienced racial discrimination leading to riots, most notably the 1969 York Race Riot, which resulted in the death of Lillie Belle Allen and Henry C. Schaad. These murders were largely left ignored until thirty-one years later, when allegations of murder and racial prejudice were raised against the mayor, Charlie Robertson.^[15] Additionally, the city commonly held unopposed Ku Klux Klan rallies and public meetings, fostering further racial tension.^[16] Though the murders of Allen and Schaad were solved and the perpetrators were apprehended, the actions, which originated back to the beginnings of the hate group, continue to the present day.^[17]

21st century

In 2002, the city faced a budget shortfall of $1,000,000. Mayor John S. Brenner's plan to raise the money by asking York County's 302,000 adult residents to donate $3.32 to the city received national attention.^[18] The plan, referred to by some as the "Big Mac" Plan, did not raise all of the funds sought.

After many years of attempting to secure funding for a stadium and a baseball team to play in it, the first decade of the century saw York realize both goals. In 2007, Santander Stadium (now WellSpan Park), home of the York Revolution, opened in the Arch Street neighborhood. The stadium, along with other large projects such as the York County Judicial Center and the Codo luxury apartment lofts, have come to symbolize York's extensive redevelopment efforts.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 square miles (14 km²), of which, 5.2 square miles (13 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) of it (1.14%) is water.

Climate

York has a humid continental climate (Dfa) with hot, humid summers and moderately cold winters. The mean annual precipitation total of 41.1 inches (1,040 millimeters) is fairly evenly spread throughout the year, and falls on an average of 126.6 days per annum. Record temperatures from the York COOP range from 107 °F (42 °C), set on July 2, 1901, down to −21 °F (−29 °C), recorded on January 28, 1925, and January 21, 1994; at York Airport, with a considerably shorter period of record, the range is 100 °F (38 °C), set on July 22, 2011, down to −12 °F (−24 °C) as recently as March 6–7, 2015.^[19] The York COOP also holds the official statewide 24-hour precipitation record of 13.5 in (340 mm) set on June 22, 1972, due to the impact of Hurricane Agnes.^[20]

Climate data for York, Pennsylvania (1991-2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °F (°C)	41.2 (5.1)	45.3 (7.4)	54.5 (12.5)	67.2 (19.6)	76.5 (24.7)	83.9 (28.8)	87.7 (30.9)	86.0 (30.0)	79.7 (26.5)	68.2 (20.1)	55.7 (13.2)	44.9 (7.2)	65.9 (18.8)
Daily mean °F (°C)	31.2 (−0.4)	34.3 (1.3)	42.4 (5.8)	53.6 (12.0)	63.1 (17.3)	71.2 (21.8)	75.4 (24.1)	73.8 (23.2)	67.1 (19.5)	55.6 (13.1)	44.4 (6.9)	35.5 (1.9)	54.0 (12.2)
Average low °F (°C)	21.3 (−5.9)	23.2 (−4.9)	30.2 (−1.0)	40.0 (4.4)	49.7 (9.8)	58.5 (14.7)	63.1 (17.3)	61.5 (16.4)	54.5 (12.5)	43.0 (6.1)	33.1 (0.6)	26.1 (−3.3)	42.0 (5.6)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	3.27 (83)	2.81 (71)	4.01 (102)	3.62 (92)	4.20 (107)	4.29 (109)	4.52 (115)	3.96 (101)	5.10 (130)	3.94 (100)	3.22 (82)	3.52 (89)	46.46 (1,180)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	8.5 (22)	8.2 (21)	3.9 (9.9)	0.2 (0.51)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.5 (1.3)	3.3 (8.4)	24.6 (62)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.3	9.6	11.6	11.6	12.7	12.0	11.0	9.6	9.6	8.4	10.0	10.5	126.9
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	3.3	3.0	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	10.0
Source: NOAA^[21]^[22]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1790	2,096		—
1800	2,503		19.4%
1810	2,847		13.7%
1820	3,107		9.1%
1830	4,216		35.7%
1840	4,779		13.4%
1850	6,803		42.4%
1860	8,603		26.5%
1870	11,003		27.9%
1880	13,940		26.7%
1890	20,793		49.2%
1900	33,708		62.1%
1910	44,750		32.8%
1920	47,512		6.2%
1930	55,254		16.3%
1940	56,712		2.6%
1950	59,953		5.7%
1960	54,504		−9.1%
1970	50,008		−8.2%
1980	44,619		−10.8%
1990	42,192		−5.4%
2000	40,862		−3.2%
2010	43,718		7.0%
2020	44,800		2.5%
U.S. Decennial Census^[23]^[24]

York is the largest principal city of the York–Hanover–Gettysburg CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the York–Hanover metropolitan area (York County) and the Gettysburg micropolitan area (Adams County),^[25][26][27] which had a combined population of 473,043 at the 2000 census.

As of the 2020 United States census, York had a population of 44,800, of which 38.1% were Hispanic/Latino, 32.4% were non-hispanic White, 23.1% were non-hispanic Black, 0.8% were Asian, 0.2% were Native American or Pacific Islander, and 5.4% were mixed or other.^[28]

2010

As of the 2010 census,^[29] the city was 51.2% White, 28.0% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 1.2% Asian, and 6.3% were two or more races. 28.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.

2000

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,862 people, 16,137 households, and 9,246 families residing in the city. The population density was 7,852.2 inhabitants per square mile (3,031.8/km²). There were 18,534 housing units at an average density of 3,561.6/sq mi (1,375.1/km²).

The racial makeup of the city was 59.75% White, 25.13% African American, 0.42% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 9.40% from other races, and 3.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.19% of the population.

There were 16,137 households, out of which 30.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 31.0% were married couples living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of eighteen, 11.4% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.1% from twenty-five to forty-four, 19.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 10.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-one years.

For every one hundred females, there were 93.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 88.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,475, and the median income for a family was $30,762. Males had a median income of $26,792 compared with that of $20,612 for females.

The per capita income for the city was $13,439.

Roughly 20.0% of families and 23.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 31.8% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 15.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Economy

York was the home of dental equipment and false teeth giant, Dentsply Sirona, until the company moved its headquarters to North Carolina in 2019.^[30] Though founded in New York by four men, the company moved its headquarters to the site of its factory in the 1900s, where it was run by one of the four founders, George H. Whiteley. Whiteley was an experienced ceramist who was familiar with the process of making artificial teeth. Whiteley was sent by the group to oversee the factory and his family presided over the factory for multiple generations. Dentsply Sirona is a NASDAQ listed company, and internationally known throughout the dentistry business.^[31][32][33]

York Barbell, which is located in Manchester Township, is a reseller of barbells and other equipment for weight training and bodybuilding, and is the home of the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame.^[34]

A large Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory, which employs roughly half of Harley's production workforce, is located just northeast of York in Springettsbury Township.

The York area is also home to two major manufacturers of modern hydro-power water turbines, Voith Hydro in West Manchester Township^[35] and American Hydro in Hellam Township,^[36] both of which manufacture enormous parts in their plants.

Spring Garden Township, directly south of York, is the headquarters to York International, a Johnson Controls Company and one of the largest suppliers of HVAC systems in the United States. On February 2, 1998, a massive explosion occurred at the York International plant. A spark set off a leak in the nearby propane storage house, causing a blast that was felt up to twenty-five miles away, which blew out windows nearby and knocked down doors. Roughly twenty people were injured, and one person was killed in the explosion, which occurred during a shift change.^[37][38]

The Stauffer Biscuit Company, owned by Meiji Seika of Japan since February 2004, which was previously based in York, produced animal crackers since 1871; it is currently based in Spring Garden Township.^[39]

Just north of York in East Manchester Township is one of only four Starbucks roasting facilities in the world.^[40]

The York area also boasts a BAE Systems facility in West Manchester Township which assembles various military tanks and equipment.^[41]

The Glatfelter manufacturing company, founded in 1864, is also headquartered in York, but announced plans in February 2020 to relocate to Charlotte, North Carolina in mid-year. Glatfelter had sold its nearby Spring Grove paper mill in 2018.^[42] The paper mill is now operated by Pixelle Specialty Solutions, LLC.

In addition, Christmas Tree Hill, a popular national Christmas, home decor and gift retailer, has been based in York since its founding in 1971. Its flagship location is housed in the historic Meadowbrook Mansion, which was built in East York during the early 1800s.^[43] The six columns on the mansion's front porch were reused from the second York County Courthouse cupola, which had been located at 28 East Market Street from 1841 until it was taken down in 1898 to make room for the third courthouse.^[44]

Arts and culture

Architecture

Main article: National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Pennsylvania

 

York Friends Meeting House

Historic sites include the 1741 Golden Plough Tavern,^[45] the 1751 General Horatio Gates House,^[46] the 1766 York Meetinghouse,^[47] the 1863 Billmeyer House,^[48] the 1888 York Central Market,^[49] and the 1907 Moorish Revival Temple Beth Israel.

Other notable buildings include the Laurel-Rex Fire Company House, Forry House, Farmers Market, Barnett Bobb House, Cookes House, United Cigar Manufacturing Company building, Stevens School, York Dispatch Newspaper Offices, and York Armory.^[50]

The city is also home to four national historic districts: Fairmount Historic District, Northwest York Historic District, Springdale Historic District, and York Historic District.^[50]

Fairgrounds and vendors

Much of York's culture represents the city's evolving role as an agricultural and industrial center. The historic York State Fair, which claims to be the country's oldest,^[51] traces its roots to 1765. It runs every year in late July for ten days, encompassing an entire week and two weekends. In addition to typical fair attractions, such as rides, games and contests, it also wins regional recognition for hosting many musical artists, such as Alabama, Gretchen Wilson, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.^[52][53][54]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of performers at the York State Fair.

The fairgrounds, branded the York Expo Center, also hosts the annual National Street Rod Association Street Rod Nationals East, the largest annual street rod event in the Eastern US.^[55] The event brings thousands of street rods into the city for a few days in June. On Friday afternoons of the event, the city holds a parade through the center of the city for participating vehicles.

York City Recreation and Parks helps sponsor the Olde York Street Fair^[56] each year on Mothers Day, the second Sunday of May – a tradition since the early 1980s. In recent years, more than 150 art, craft and food vendors have lined Market and George streets. Average attendance was 60,000 people as of 2004, according to city officials.^[57]

Theatre

 

Part of York's Appell Center for the Performing Arts in 2007

York is home to DreamWrights Center for Community Arts, The Belmont Theatre, the Pullo Center at Penn State York and the Appell Center for the Performing Arts (formerly Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center), which brings many nationally acclaimed acts to the York area. Performers here have included Kenny G, Bill Cosby,^[58] B.B. King,^[59] Béla Fleck,^[60] and George Carlin.^[61]

The historic Capitol Theatre also features many independent and foreign films, making it the only venue in York (and sometimes the entire Susquehanna Valley) to feature some rare, yet critically acclaimed films. The Strand Studio has also branched out and offers live music, usually jazz and acoustic, for the community. In 2017, DreamWrights underwent the largest renovation in its twenty-year history, adding a second performance space among other improvements.^[62]

Heritage

The York County History Center (YCHC) is a not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and uses its collections, historic sites and museums to encourage exploration of the history and culture of York County, Pennsylvania. YCHC maintains eight historical sites that demonstrate three hundred years of York County's history. The YCHC was founded in 1999 after a merger of the Historical Society of York County and the Agricultural and Industrial Museum of York County (AIM). Currently, the YCHC historical sites include the Worker's House, which was erected circa 1875, the Golden Plough Tavern, which was built sometime around 1741, the Barnett Bobb Log House, which was erected in 1812, the Bonham House, which was built circa 1885, and the old Eastern Market House, which was erected sometime around 1886.

In 1992, AIM acquired an industrial complex consisting of six buildings, which were built roughly between 1874 and 1955; three of the buildings were renovated and now house the industrial portion of the collection. The YCHC also hosts a variety of events throughout the year and holds the rights to the Murals of York, a group of paintings that depict York's history.

The History Center also purchased a former Met-Ed steam plant in York in late 2015 and plans to turn it into a new history center. In 2016, what was the York County Heritage Trust rebranded as the York County History Center.^{[citation needed]}

Music

The York Factory Whistle holds the world record for the loudest music without amplification from a non-musical instrument.^[63] Every Christmas Eve, the whistle uses a compressor to create air pressure, then releases it through a series of tubes using a device much like a slide whistle. (Prior to 2010, the pressure was created using steam produced by a boiler.) The music has had a loudness of 140 dB and can be heard ten to twelve miles away with proper weather conditions. Christmas music is played for a short time around midnight. It is thought that this annual tradition was started around 1925.^[64][65][66] Other sources date the tradition circa 1888 or earlier.^[67]

After the New York Wire Cloth Company plant closed in 2013, Metso moved the whistle to its factory in York and continued the annual concert tradition.^[68] Metso announced in August 2015 that it would close its York plant by the end of March 2016.^[69] As of December 2017, the building was still owned by Metso and the annual twenty-five-minute York Factory Whistle Concert remained scheduled, along with two daytime rehearsal sessions.^[70]

By December 2018, the hosting factory building was owned by 240 Arch LLC, and the air compressor (to be moved there for rehearsals and the concert) was trailer-mounted.^[67] Another early Christmas concert and Saturday-before practice were announced for 2019.^[71]

The alternative rock band Live is from York.^[72] Many of Live's songs are about the town including "Shit Towne" from their most successful album Throwing Copper.^[73]

York is home to many veteran as well as up-and-coming talented artists and musicians from all genres including funk, blues, jazz, rock, experimental, country, and bluegrass. The rock band Hexbelt is known for its brand of "Susquehanna Hexbelt Swing" music.^[74] York hosts a variety of open mics and underground venues such as the Sign of the Wagon^[75] and The Depot.^[76] Astro Lasso, an electronic indie pop band from York managed by Frankie Muniz, toured with We the Kings in 2017.^[77]

The York chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, performing as the White Rose Chorus, was founded in 1945.^[78]

Shopping

The area's main shopping centers are York Galleria and West Manchester Town Center.

Sports

Club	League	Sport	Venue	Capacity	Founded	Championships
York Revolution	ALPB	Baseball	WellSpan Park	5,200	2007	(3) 2010, 2011, 2017
York Buccaneers	ABA	Basketball	Voni Grimes Gym	200	2015^[79]

Baseball

 

Entrance to WellSpan Park

The York Revolution plays in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. After thirty-six years without professional baseball, the Revolution arrived in 2007 to fill the void left by the departed York White Roses. The Revolution is named after the city's colonial past, when the Continental Congress met in York and passed the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War, and continues the old baseball rivalry between York and the nearby city of Lancaster.^[80] The Revolution plays at WellSpan Park in York's Arch Street neighborhood, which features a plaza and statue in honor of MLB Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, a one-time member of the aforementioned White Roses, with whom he made his professional baseball debut in 1955. Robinson currently serves as a special assistant and advisor to Opening Day Partners, the group largely responsible for bringing professional baseball back to York.

WellSpan Park has the distinction of having the tallest wall in baseball. At thirty-seven feet, eight inches, the left field wall of York's ballpark surpasses the height of the Green Monster at Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox.

Football

The people of York (the White Rose City) and the similar city of Lancaster (the Red Rose City) across the Susquehanna River often engage in rivalry and competition that has its roots in the Wars of the Roses. Both cities take their names from the English cities, York and Lancaster, from which the opposing royal houses took their names in the fifteenth-century wars.

The War of the Roses All-Star Game is played in York every year over the weekend of Thanksgiving. The game pits the best high school football players in their senior seasons from the York-Adams League against a similar team from the Lancaster-Lebanon League. As the game only involves seniors and occurs during the first weekend of the PIAA District 3 football playoffs (players on teams which qualify for the playoffs do not participate), it is the final high school football game for each of the participants.

Former Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, and San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Chris Doleman graduated from York's William Penn High School.^[81] York was the birthplace of former New York Giants Linebacker Andre Powell,^[82] former Miami Dolphins running back Woodrow (Woody) Bennett,^[83] former Los Angeles Raiders and Atlanta Falcons Tackle/Guard Lincoln Kennedy^[84][85] and former Atlanta Falcons safety Omar Brown.^[81] Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach, Bruce Arians, is also a graduate of William Penn Senior High School (1970).^[86][87] New York Giants Offensive Tackle William Beatty is also a York, Pennsylvania native. Former Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Jon Witman graduated from Eastern York High School.^[88]

The York Capitals indoor football team was founded in 2012 and began play with the American Indoor Football league in April 2013.^[89] The team moved to Harrisburg after its 2015 league championship and was renamed the Central Penn Capitals before it folded in 2016.

Other sports

The Bob Hoffman Auditorium at York Barbell hosts a variety of powerlifting, Olympic lifting, strongman and bodybuilding competitions and shows.^[90]

York is home to the "Plywood Hoods", a group of BMX freestylers, including Kevin Jones, who gained broad acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s.^[91][92]

York is also the home of the York County Silver Bullets semiprofessional football team (Colonial Football Alliance). In its 2006 inaugural season, the team had a record of 5–5 and gained a playoff berth, though lost in its first round.^[93]

"The Pogo Squad", a group of about twelve extreme pogo performers, is located in York. It participates in area events, including the York St. Patrick's Day Parade,^[94] and perform shows.^[95] A photo of one member's pogo stunt against a sunset background won first place out of over eight hundred entries in a 2007 York newspaper photo contest.^[96]

York was also home to the Thunder D'ohm Skateboard Park, now defunct. A new park, "Reid Menzer Memorial Skatepark," was built and named for a York Catholic High School student who was killed while riding a skateboard.^[97]

York US30 was a drag strip just outside York. It held the 1965 Super Stock championships – "the largest one day drag race" in the United States. An annual Musclecar Madness event is held in York to commemorate the defunct strip.^[98]

York will host the 2019 PDGA Amateur Disc Golf World Championships, having won against six other tournament-hosting bids. The tournament director will be Chas Ford. Disc golf courses to be used include those at Gifford Pinchot State Park, Codorus State Park, Muddy Run, and more. The week-long event will take place in mid-July.^[99]

Government

York was featured during the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, when National Public Radio's Michele Norris and Steve Inskeep chose to showcase the city in "The York Project: Race & the '08 Vote." The program was aired as a seven-part series and featured different York citizens discussing race relations, racial perceptions, and the emotions inspired by the 2008 election. Norris stated that York was chosen due to its central location in a battleground state, its rich history (including its strained race relations), and demographics.^[100] On June 19, 2009, Norris announced on the air that she was taking time off to write a book inspired by her conversations "with a diverse group of voters" in York,^[101] and The Grace of Silence: A Memoir was published in September 2010.^[102]

In 2009, Kim Bracey won the Democratic primary and became the favored candidate for mayor. She won the general election in November against Republican opponent Wendell Banks and took office on the first Monday in 2010 as the city's first African-American and second woman mayor.^[103] Bracey won reelection in November 2013 against Libertarian challenger Dave Moser.

Michael Helfrich defeated Bracey by only 133 votes in 2017. A Democratic city council president, Helfrich ran for mayor as a Republican after losing the Democratic primary election to Bracey by just over 300 votes.^[104] Helfrich was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2018.

Education

 

William Penn Senior High School on Penn Commons

York and its surrounding area are served by the York City, Dallastown, Eastern York, West York, Central York, York Suburban, Southern York County, Red Lion, Northeastern York, Dover, Hanover, South Western, Spring Grove, York County School of Technology and South Eastern public school districts. Private Christian schools in the area include the Christian School of York, Shrewsbury Christian Academy and York Catholic High School.

There are also a number of charter schools in the area. Lincoln Charter School was established in 2000,^[105] Helen Thackston Charter School^[106] in 2009, and York Academy Regional Charter School in 2011.^[107]

The city is home to York College of Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1787 and offers up to master’s level education and a doctoral level nursing program. Penn State York offers several baccalaureate degrees, minors, associate degrees and one master's degree. Penn State students may utilize a "2+2" program, allowing them to complete the first two years of study at the York campus and the last two at Penn State University Park.

Other higher education organizations in York are Harrisburg Area Community College's York Campus, the YTI Career Institute (YTI), which offers accredited degree and diploma programs in the business, healthcare and culinary fields and the York Time Institute, which offers diplomas in clock repair and restoration. The city formerly housed the Art Institute of York-Pennsylvania, previously known as the Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, until its closure in 2017, as well as the Yorktowne Business Institute (YBI) & School of Culinary Arts.^[108]

Media

 

The old York Dispatch building

York is unusual in that it supports two daily newspapers, despite its relatively small size. The York Daily Record/Sunday News is published mornings, seven days a week, and The York Dispatch is published Monday through Friday mornings. The Dispatch was an afternoon paper until 2014. The Daily Record/Sunday News currently has the lead in terms of circulations of the daily newspapers.

York is part of the Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York) media market. The Fox affiliate WPMT 43, has its base of operations in York.

York has a Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV station called WRCT (White Rose Community Television) wrct.tv^[109] which used to be YCAT (York Community Access Television).^[110][111]

The pop music radio station, WSBA AM 910, achieved high ratings in York, and nearby Harrisburg and Lancaster, during the 1960s and 1970s. WSBA, now a news-talk station, was the flagship station of Susquehanna Broadcasting, which had its corporate offices in York.^[112]

Other radio stations in York include WVYC from York College, WARM FM, WQXA FM, and WOYK.

FM stations licensed to York include:

Callsign	MHz	Details
WSOX	96.1	Oldies
WYCR	98.5	98.5 The Peak
WVYC	99.7	Indie/College Rock, York College
WARM	103.3	"Warm 103" Adult Contemporary
WQXA	105.7	"105.7 The X" Hard Rock

Infrastructure

Fire department and public safety

 

York Fire Station No. 1 on South Duke Street and East King Street

The City of York is served by the York City Fire Department (Company 99), which operates out of four fire stations, located throughout the city, and maintains a fire apparatus fleet of six engines, two trucks, one service, and other support units. The YFD staffs three engines, one truck and one duty Chief twenty-hours per day, and responds to approximately 2,700 emergency calls annually.^[113]

The city and surrounding area are also served by York Area United Fire and Rescue (Company 89),^[114] First Capital EMS (MICU 5), UPMC LifeTeam EMS (MICU 2), York City Police, York County Area Regional Police, Spring Garden Township Police, as well as other police departments, ambulance stations, and fire companies.^{[citation needed]}

Transportation

Bus service

York is served, through public transportation, by Rabbit Transit, which operates multiple bus routes in the city and the surrounding suburbs. In 2006, a Rabbit EXPRESS bus route was established to transport commuters to Harrisburg and back, making six round trips weekdays.^[115] Rabbit Transit introduced a new route on February 2, 2009, that provides three daily round trips between York and Timonium, Maryland.^[116][117] The $5 fare each way covers 80% of the operating costs.^[118]

In addition to Rabbit Transit, the city has a Greyhound/Trailways bus depot with service through Harrisburg to Syracuse or to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. provided by Greyhound Lines. Bieber Transportation Group formerly provided service to New York City along a route running by way of Lancaster, Reading, and Philadelphia and a route running by way of Lancaster, Reading,and the Lehigh Valley until service was discontinued on April 1, 2018.^[119][120]

Intercity bus service to New York City was restored by OurBus on July 1, 2018.^[121]

Rail

Lancaster, twenty-four miles to the east, has frequent Amtrak train service to Philadelphia.

As recent as the late 1960s, the station was the site of several train departures a day, run by the Pennsylvania Railroad heading north to Harrisburg and south, towards Baltimore and Washington, DC, including the Buffalo Day Express, the Northern Express, the Spirit of St. Louis and shuttle cars for the Penn Texas.^[122]

The last Red Arrow bound for Detroit departed from York during the latter half of the 1950s.^[123] Rail advocates have suggested commuter rail service could be started between York and Philadelphia with much of the necessary infrastructure already in place, using SEPTA's system. Transportation planners say this is too expensive, with bus and van services more feasible.^[124] The former Pennsylvania Railroad station for York now lies along the York County Heritage Rail Trail across from WellSpan Park.

Major highways

•   U.S. Route 30
•   Interstate 83

Airports

York does not have any commercial airports, though the small York Airport (THV) is located seven miles southwest in Thomasville. The nearest major airports are Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) and Harrisburg International Airport (MDT).

Healthcare

York City has two hospitals; WellSpan York Hospital and UPMC Memorial Hospital.

Founded in 1880, WellSpan York Hospital is located on the edge of York City on the border of York Township and is a regional specialty center, featuring a level 1 trauma center, a stroke center, and level 3 NICU. The hospital employs more than 5,000 people, is a nationally recognized teaching hospital, and can treating a large variety of patients with diverse issues, including pediatrics, orthopedics, and cardiac issues.

Memorial Hospital was opened in 1945, and was taken over by PinnacleHealth in 2017. PinnacleHealth became part of the UPMC health system in 2017, and Memorial Hospital then became UPMC Memorial. In 2019, UPMC Memorial moved from its old facility in Spring Garden Township to its new facility in West Manchester Township. UPMC Memorial is a general hospital, and features a Select Specialty facility. The old Memorial Hospital is undergoing conversion into an apartment building, as of March 2023.

York has many independent healthcare facilities, yet WellSpan and UPMC are the primary health systems in York and the surrounding area and have the majority of local specialty centers and doctors offices. Penn State Health also has an increasing presence in York. All three systems provide their own ambulance services for several municipalities around York City and the rest of the county.

Notable people

• List of people from York, Pennsylvania

In popular culture

York is the hometown of the protagonist of John Grisham's 2009 novel The Associate. At the book's end, the protagonist happily abandons a well-paid but highly unpleasant job in a giant Wall Street law firm, returning to his hometown to work there with his lawyer father.

Sister cities

York is twinned with:^[125]

•   Arles, France (since 1954)
•   Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany (since 1981)

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External links

•   Media related to York, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons

 

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for York, PA.

• City of York (official site)

Preceded by Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Capital of the United States of America 1777–1778

Succeeded by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania