The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
York, city, United States
city (1990 pop. 42,192), seat of York co., SE Pa., on Codorus Creek, in an agricultural area; laid out 1741, inc. as a city 1887. It is a market, trade, processing, and distribution center in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. In addition to food and related products, its factories make furniture, turbines, chains, and textile and paper products. York was a meeting place (1777–78) of the Continental Congress. During the Civil War, it was occupied briefly (1863) by Confederates. York College of Pennsylvania and of a branch of Pennsylvania State Univ. are in the city. Several colonial houses remain.
