*************************************** YORK ***************************************
With the cultural advantages of the city and the charm of a small hometown, York Pennsylvania is a combination of all the amenities a person or family needs to live a comfortable life. It is an almost idyllic setting, with a not too drastic change of the seasons.
According to the 2000 census, York Counties population was 381,751. York?s population is just over 40,000 residents.
York has a performing arts center that is under 15 million-dollar reconstruction, a college and university, six museums, a symphony orchestra, and downtown access to a 42-mile nature and jogging trail.
The City of York, with over 10,000 trees, has been honored by the National Arborists Foundation for the past 18 years as ?Tree City U.S.A.? There are 20 baseball and softball fields, an ice skating rink, and 21 golf courses all within a 30-minute drive of York.
York City is 20 miles southwest of the infamous Three Mile Island; 30 miles southwest of the home of Hershey's Chocolate, Hershey Park, and Chocolate World; 15 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line; 100 miles west of Philadelphia; and 220 miles east of Pittsburgh; 100 miles north of Washington, DC; 767 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia: 749 miles northeast of Huntsville, Alabama; and 456 miles southwest of the Adirondack Mountains and beautiful Lake Champlain. It is located in between Harrisburg on the north and the Maryland border on the south.
The main highways and interstates around the County of York are, north and south interstate 83, east and west U.S. Highway 30. It's about a 50-minute drive to Harrisburg the capital of Pennsylvania, and about 30 minutes to the Maryland border.
*********************************** SHREWSBURY ***********************************
The First Settlers in the area were mainly English, Scottish, and Irish. The town of Shrewsbury was originally formed in1739.
Shrewsbury is a mixture of rolling countryside, combined with suburban households, and a growing industrial base. It's the crossroads of both culture and transportation. The Township spends about 85 cents of every tax dollar for education--which shows where the hearts of the people who reside there are fixed. Their hearts are fixed on creating a better future for themselves and their children.
Shrewsbury Township comprises a total of 74.82 square miles.
It has a population as of the 1990 census of 5,898 people.
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Hanover in Adams County, Pennsylvania, is a 20-minute drive from downtown York. German immigrants settled it in the 1700s. They went there to escape religious persecution and they were looking for a place that reminded them of their home in Germany.
The famous battle of Gettysburg took place less than 20 miles to the west of Hanover. President Abraham Lincoln stopped in Hanover on his way to give his famous speech, ?The Gettysburg Address.?
Hanover was incorporated as a borough in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1815.
Today Hanover's economy is a very strong with a diverse mixture of agriculture, manufacturing, and trade. Studies predict that Hanover is growing rapidly at a rate of 32 percent and will continue to do so until the year 2020. Hanover is the fifth largest retail area in Pennsylvania and the eighth largest manufacturing area.
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