Civil War historian Scott Mingus found that York's leaders stand alone in riding through Confederate lines to surrender the town in late-June 1863. Here, owner Ray Langeheine stands outside the farmhouse in Farmers where the surrender took place.

Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon accepted York's surrender. Once in town, his commander, Jubal Early issued a heavy requisition on York.

Thomas Jefferson's trip through York County on his way to writing the Declaration of Independence is a moment to remember. He passed through the county on his way back home from Philadelphia, too.

Local efforts are underway to right York County's historical wrongs by cleaning up Codorus Creek, transforming it from 'Inky Stinky' into an accessible, healthy, and beautiful greenway.

York's Continental Square, long a hub and gathering space, is getting a makeover.

When Camp Security needed to raise funds several years ago, leaders turned to renowned author Rita Mae Brown to return to York County, where she spent her early years.

Historian Jamie Noerpel & Archivist Domi Miller are conversational. They’re fun. They’re passionate about local history. Without flinching, they take on challenging stories about York County’s past. Their base is the northeastern York County village of Newberrytown. That’s where they live. And they move to sites around YoCo to talk about their native county. They are the co-hosts of Hometown History.

Longtime York County families might have ancestors who enslaved Black people. Some of those families who held people in bondage are buried in Bupp's Church Cemetery in Springfield Township, as is the case in scores of cemeteries in the county. Generally, those who were enslaved and their descendants were buried in all-Black cemeteries spread throughout the county.

It only took one remark to break the long-held tension between York County police and the Black community, and it was one based in humility.