York, PA

York (Pennsylvania GermanYarrick), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York CountyPennsylvania, United States, located in the south-central region of the state. The population within York's city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862. When combined with the adjacent boroughs of West York and North York and surrounding Spring GardenWest Manchester, and Springettsbury townships, the population of Greater York was 108,386. York is the 11th largest city in Pennsylvania.

 

The city has been called an "architectural museum," because the downtown features numerous well-preserved historic structures, such as the 1741 Golden Plough Tavern, the 1751 General Horatio Gates House, the 1766 York Meetinghouse, the 1863 Billmeyer House, the 1888 York Central Marketand the 1907 Moorish Revival Temple Beth Israel. Other notable buildings are the Laurel-Rex Fire Company HouseForry HouseFarmers MarketBarnett Bobb HouseCookes HouseUnited Cigar Manufacturing Company buildingStevens SchoolYork Dispatch Newspaper Offices, and York Armory.

The city is home to four national historic districtsFairmount Historic DistrictNorthwest York Historic DistrictSpringdale Historic District, and York Historic District.

York is home to dental equipment and false teeth giant, Dentsply Sirona. 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.

York Barbell, 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. 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 home to two major manufacturers of modern hydro-power water turbinesVoith Hydro in West Manchester Township and American Hydro in Hellam Townshipboth of which manufacture enormous parts in their plants.

Spring Garden Township, directly south of York, is headquarters to York International, a Johnson Controls Company and one of the largest suppliers of HVAC systems in the United States. 

The Stauffer Biscuit Company (owned by Meiji Seika of Japan since February 2004) is rooted in York and has produced animal crackers since 1871; it is currently based in Spring Garden Township. Just north of York in East Manchester Township is one of only four Starbucks roasting facilities in the world. The York area also boasts a BAE Systems facility in West Manchester Township which assembles various military tanks and equipment.

 

*Information Gathered from Wikipedia

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