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Welcome to York ...

York is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of York, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

York is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: York lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named York ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named York - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (4), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, South Carolina, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for York.

Websites for York ...

Official Website: www.townofyork.org/

Communities near York ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near York.

  • Black River Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Osseo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Whitehall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
  • Augusta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
  • Blair
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Blair is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
  • Independence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Independence is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
  • Strum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eleva
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairchild
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Merrillan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around York. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for York.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of York. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around York.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around York. See our Newspapers Page for York.

Adding York to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of York in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for York was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the York post office opened in 1883. The York post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for York.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around York - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/