The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Founded around 1838 after the merging of two communities, Old Anvil and New York Station, the latter a station on a stagecoach line. The rail came through in the 1850s and later, the "New" was dropped from York Station in 1861. With the discovery that another community in Alabama bore that name, the "Station" was dropped and York was formally incorporated on April 6, 1881.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how York’s history is told.
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York, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in York is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean York has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dr. James Alvis Beavers House in Cuba, 5.9 miles away.
York and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.