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 2006 census, York County’s population was 381,751. York’s population is just over 416,322 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 PA is located in between Harrisburg on the north and the Maryland border on the south. 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.
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.
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