AREA HISTORY: Township of York, York County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/ _______________________________________________ History of York County, Pennsylvania. John Gibson, Historical Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886. _______________________________________________ TOWNSHIP OF YORK – Page 719 THIS township was formed in 1753, four years after the erection of York County. It was reduced in its limits by the formation of Windsor in 1759, and of Spring Garden in 1822, portions of each were taken from York. In 1783 this township had 128 houses, 94 barns, 456 male and 437 female inhabitants, 9 mills, and contained an estimated area of 30,309 acres of land. In 1883 there were 614 taxable inhabitants, and a property valuation of $879,264; population, in 1880, exclusive of the boroughs, was 2,379. The township, as at present formed, is quite undulating, but contains much valuable farming land. It is drained by branches of the Codorus, on which are a number of mills. It is crossed by the York & Peach Bottom Railway on the east, and Northern Central Railway on the west end, and also by the Chanceford and Baltimore Turnpikes. There are extensive deposits of ore in the east end of the township, much of which was used in the charcoal furnaces, and later large amounts have been shipped by various companies. The following is a list of the taxables of York Township for the year 1783; it also includes part of the present area of Spring Garden: NAMES OF RESIDENTS IN 1783 Thomas Armor Jacob Hell George Anstein Michael Heindel Widow Albright Peter Hose Henry Alt John Hartlein Jacob Brand John Herbach James Brady Michael Heinigo Patrick Burke Michael Hengst William Barr George Hoffman Weirick Bentz John Immel Adam Becker David Jamison George Bentz Peter Grim John Brooks Phillip Grim Henry Berninger Sebastian Irish George Bart John Innerst Jacob Blymyer Henry Kauffman Widow Brown Jacob Koch John Colling Michael Klingman Peter Diehl Michael Kurtz Nicholas Diehl Jacob Keller Abraham Danner Jacob Koch, Jr. Michael Deis Henry Korbman William Dreher Daniel Keller William Decker John Keffer Benedict Dome Henry Klein George Diehl Solomon Kauffman Henry Dahlman John Kauffman John Eppley Jacob Lefever Peter Ford Philip Lehr Widow Fry Michael Long Henry Fisher George Lotman Frederick Fisher Jacob Leaman Martin Flinchbach Jacob Leedy Aaron Flowers Jacob Lepold Peter Feiser John Long George Fry Stephen Landis Michael Fissel William Miller Casper Fisher James Murray Jacob Freed Michael Mosser George Fry Jacob Michael Jacob Geesey Felix Miller John Geesey Wendel Michael John Gerhart Samuel Matson Mathias Gardner Samuel Mosser Conrad Geesey Jacob Miller John Hamsher Jacob Mark Anthony Hill Joshua McQueen John Harnish John Nace Michael Peter John Stewart Peter Peter John Shumaker Jacob Pflieger Conrad Shindler Frederick Pflieger George Spangler George Rees Hon. James Smith William Reichard John Spangler John Ritz Peter Wolf John Reichard Ludwig Waltman James Shaw Henry Waltman Michael Seitz Martin Weller Samuel Smith Abraham Welchans Widow Shetter Martin Weister Henry Shetter Stoffel Wolford Daniel Shuey Philip Wagner Mathias Stewart Peter Weiderright Martin Stuck Philip Well Jacob Streevig Jacob Winter Henry Swartz Jasper Yates (Judge) Peter Sprenkle Henry Yessler Barnet Spangler Abraham Yost Widow Spangler Nicholas Yost Jacob Zeller SINGLE MEN Jacob Bidner Jacob Shedler John Bush Jacob Sheffer Michael Grim Jacob Shearer James Hamilton Jacob Smith Nicholas Lentz Charles Spangler Jacob Pflieger George Spangler John Roth George Striebig George Swartz