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York County, South Carolina

Created in 1785, York County was home to the Catawba Nation, the region's dominant Native American group in the colonial period, which still holds lands along the Catawba River near Rock Hill. Patriot forces won two 1780 engagements in what was then York District — Huck's Defeat and the Battle of Kings Mountain — and Rock Hill and Fort Mill both began as railroad depots in 1852; Rock Hill is now the county's largest city.

Businesses listed
10,647
Population (2020)
282,090
County seat
York
Formed
1785

Landmarks & institutions

  • Winthrop University (Rock Hill)
  • Historic Brattonsville
  • Kings Mountain State Park
  • Anne Springs Close Greenway (Fort Mill)
  • Lake Wylie

Named for york, Pennsylvania.

Towns

Rock Hill 5,434Fort Mill 3,653Clover 925York 865Lake Wylie 185Tega Cay 159Sharon 53Catawba 42Mcconnells 30Hickory Grove 27Smyrna 22

Sources:en.wikipedia.org scencyclopedia.org data.census.gov

10,647 businesses · showing 73–96