The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusYork Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 155 and it contained 82 housing units. It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 181 to 155 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1945.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of York yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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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 Newton County Courthouse in Kentland, 6 miles away.
York and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.