York, city, seat of York County, southeastern Pennsylvania, on Codorus Creek; incorporated as a city 1887. It is a commercial, manufacturing, and distribution center for the rich agricultural Pennsylvania Dutch region. Major products of the area include electrical machinery, tractors, air conditioners, metal and paper products, electronic equipment, ordnance, sporting goods, furniture, processed foods, and pottery. York College of Pennsylvania (1941), a junior college, the Currier and Ives Prints and Antiques Gallery, and a historical museum are here. Also of historic interest are the Golden Plough Tavern (1741) and a reproduction of the old York County Courthouse (originally built 1750s, destroyed 1849). Settled in 1735, York is the oldest permanent non-Native American community in the state west of the Susquehanna River. While serving as capital of the United States during the British occupation of Philadelphia in 1777-78, it was the site of the adoption of the Articles of Confederation by the Continental Congress. During the American Civil War, Confederate troops briefly occupied York in 1863. The city is named for York, England.