Downtown is a mix of contemporary skyscraper architecture and a number of well-preserved 19th-century neighborhoods. Read More about York. The city has modern transportation amenities and even a few direct flights to Europe. Growth-related urban sprawl and related traffic problems are moderate to severe. Most attractive neighborhoods lie to the south towards the I beltway, with attractive Southern-style homes cut into wooded lots, many on golf courses, being a common find.
Gastonia, 20 miles west, returns to the old South, with decrepit old mills and a largely failed downtown area. This city complex sits in the Carolina Piedmont, a transitional area of rolling country between the mountains to the west and the Coastal Plain to the east.
The mountains to the northwest moderate winter temperatures by blocking and warming cold northwest winds. The ocean is too far away to cool summer temperatures but does supply some warmth in winter. Summers are warm, with days over 90 degrees, while winters are cool. Temperatures fall as low as freezing about 1 in 2 winter days. Winter weather is changeable, with occasional cold periods, but extreme cold is rare. Snow and snow accumulation are infrequent.
Late summer and fall hurricanes can produce substantial rainfall but seldom damaging winds. Recent job growth is Positive. York jobs have increased by 1. More Economy. More Voting Stats. Since , it has had a population growth of 5. Learn More It has a template , but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow! Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read Edit View history.
Main page Travel destinations Star articles What's Nearby? Tourist office Random page. From the beginning, the village had the benefit of serving as the county seat and as a market center for central and western York County. Economic activity resulting from these factors led to gradual growth and the beginnings of a downtown area.
The town was incorporated in as "Yorkville. Today, much of York's history can still be seen by visiting the Historic District. The houses that can be found on Liberty, Madison, Kings Mountain, Jefferson, and Congress Streets reflect the quality of one of the state's largest Historic Districts comprising acres. Steps to establish a county seat were first taken in with the laying out of a town on the site of Fergus's Cross Roads.
The name of the crossroads originated with two brothers, John and William Fergus, and was the crossing of six roads near the geographic center of the county near the present location of Congress and Liberty Streets in York. The six routes were important wagon roads; one running northwestward from the village of York toward Kings Mountain known as the Rutherford Road, one running southwestward toward Pinckney's Ferry on the Broad River, one running south to Chesterville, one running northeastward toward Charlottesburg and the Catawba River known as the Armstrong Ford Road, one running eastward towards Nation Ford on the Catawba River, and the sixth running southeastward to Landsford on the Catawba River in Chester County.
The new town became known as the village of York, or more commonly York Court House, within a few years. In , when the town was incorporated, the name officially became Yorkville.
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