THE YORK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
York township has 25.3 square miles of land in York County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
York and York County
York is associated with York County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
York by land and water
The Census records 0.4 square miles of water within York, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points higher than the 0.7% recorded for York County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, York township has 9.8 times the land area of nearby Spry CDP (2.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

