Children's Home of York as created as an orphanage for children of Civil War soldiers in 1865. Today, it offers most vulnerable residents many services.

Historian Jamie Noerpel & Archivist Domi Miller were part of the York County History Storytellers evening in December 2025, speaking about Lafayette's visits to York.

Farmers arrived at Manchester Township's Bentzel's Mill with wagon's full of grain and departed with flour for their families and feed for their livestock. This mill and hundreds of its counterparts, thus, played a crucial role in York County's story.