York (disambiguation)

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York may refer to a large number of places, as well as having other uses.

Contents 1 Places named York 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 Greenland 1.4 United States 1.5 See also 2 People named York or Yorke 2.1 People named York 2.2 People named Yorke 3 Educational institutions 4 Other uses and meanings 5 See also

[edit] Places named York

There are a large number of places called York or Yorke throughout the world. The original City of York is in England and is nearly 2000 years old.

[edit] Australia

• Cape York Peninsula
• York, Western Australia
• Yorke Peninsula

[edit] Canada

• York, Ontario, now part of Toronto.
• York Centre, an electoral district in Ontario.
• York County, New Brunswick
• York County, Ontario, now part of the York Regional Municipality.
• York South—Weston, an electoral district in Ontario.
• York University, third-largest university in Canada.

Toronto, Ontario, was called York until 1834: see York, Upper Canada.

[edit] Greenland

• Cape York, Greenland

[edit] United States

• York, Alabama
• York, Maine
• York, Montana
• York, Nebraska
• York, New York
• York, North Dakota
• York, Pennsylvania
• York, South Carolina
• York, Wisconsin:
  • York, Clark County, Wisconsin
  • York, Dane County, Wisconsin
  • York, Green County, Wisconsin
• York Beach, Maine
• York Charter Township, Michigan
• York County, Maine
• York County, Massachusetts, a defunct county in what is now Maine
• York County, Nebraska
• York County, Pennsylvania
• York County, South Carolina
• York County, Virginia
• York Harbor, Maine
• York Haven, Pennsylvania
• York River, Virginia
• York Springs, Pennsylvania
• York Township, Arkansas
• York Township, Minnesota
• York Township, Ohio:
  • York Township, Athens County, Ohio
  • York Township, Darke County, Ohio
  • York Township, Flushing County, Ohio
  • York Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  • York Township, Medina County, Ohio
  • York Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  • York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  • York Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  • York Township, Union County, Ohio
  • York Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
• York Township, Pennsylvania

[edit] See also

• East York
• Little York
• New York (disambiguation)
• North York (disambiguation)
• West York
• Yorkana
• Yorkshire (disambiguation)
• Yorkton
• Yorktown
• Yorkville

[edit] People named York or Yorke

York or Yorke has been the surname of a number of people through history.

[edit] People named York

See York (surname)

• Alvin York, an American World War I hero and subject of the film Sergeant York.
• York was also the only given name of the black manservant who William Clark brought with him on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, believed to be the first African American to traverse North America. [1]
• York is a trance music DJ duo who has had several worldwide hits in the 1990s and 2000s.
• Mike York is a hockey player in the National Hockey League.

[edit] People named Yorke

• Charles Philip Yorke, a 19th century British politician.
• Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, a 19th century British politician.
• Charles Yorke, an 18th century British historian and politician.
• Dwight Yorke, a footballer from Trinidad and Tobago; not to be confused with the author and musician Dwight York.
• Henry Readhead Yorke, an 18th century political author and accused spy
• James A. Yorke, a mathematician and physicist.
• Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, a British lawyer and politician in the 18th century.
• Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, a British historian and politician in the 18th century.
• Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, a British politician in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
• Thom Yorke, a British musician.

[edit] Educational institutions

• University of York, in York, England.
• York University, in Toronto, Canada.
• York College (Nebraska), in York, Nebraska
• York College (New York), in Jamaica, New York
• York College of Pennsylvania, in York, Pennsylvania
• York College (York), in York, England
• York County Community College, in Wells, Maine
• York Community High School, in Elmhurst, Illinois
• York High School in York, Maine
• York High School in York, Nebraska
• York High School in Yorktown, Virginia
• York School (California) in Monterey, California

[edit] Other uses and meanings

• Archbishop of York, the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England.
• Avro York, an aircraft model.
• Duke of York, a title held by various members of the British royal family through history.
• The House of York, a 15th century dynasty of English kings.
• The York Rite is a branch of freemasonry.
• York City football club.
• York International is a major HVAC manufacturer.
• York Peppermint Patties.
• Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS York.
• St Mary's Abbey (sometimes referred to as 'York')^en-ws

[edit] See also

• Jork — a small town in Germany