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York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, and the historical capital of Yorkshire. York or Yorke may also refer to:


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City of York (disambiguation) The City of York is a local government district in North Yorkshire, England. City of York may also refer to: *York, the principal settlement in the City of York in North Yorkshire, England *City of York (UK Parliament constituency), a former const ...
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Little York (disambiguation) Little York may refer to: * Little York, California, USA * Little York, Illinois, USA *Little York, Indiana Little York is a town in Gibson Township, Washington County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 192 at the 2010 census. Hi ...
* New York (disambiguation) *
North York (disambiguation) North York is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. * North York Centre, a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada ** North York Centre (TTC), a subway station in North York Centre North York may also refer to: Places ...
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West York (disambiguation) West York may refer to: * West York, Illinois *West York, Pennsylvania *West York Island West York Island, also known as Likas Island ( fil, Pulo ng Likas, lit=Island of Naturality; Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin ; ), and several other names. With an ...
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York Airport (disambiguation) York Airport may refer to: * York General Airport (previously RAF Elvington), North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (IATA: QQY; ICAO: EGYK) * York Airport (Pennsylvania) York Airport (York Aviation) is a privately owned, public use airport that is l ...
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York County (disambiguation) York County may refer to: Places Australia *York County, Western Australia * County of York (South Australia) Canada *York County, New Brunswick * York County, Ontario United Kingdom *Yorkshire, England ** County of York, East Riding ** County ...
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Yorktown (disambiguation) Yorktown or York Town may refer to: Places Australia * York Town, Tasmania United Kingdom * York Town, also known as Yorktown (and sometimes Yorkshiretown), a part of Camberley, Surrey (adjoining Sandhurst) *York, North Yorkshire United States * ...
* York Township (disambiguation)


Australia

* Cape York Peninsula, Queensland * York, Western Australia *
Yorke Peninsula (disambiguation) Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula in South Australia. Yorke Peninsula may refer to: *District Council of Yorke Peninsula (1888–1969), a former local government area *Electoral district of Yorke Peninsula, a former electorate * Yorke Peninsula Cou ...
, articles concerning Yorke Peninsula in South Australia *
York Plains, Tasmania York Plains is a rural locality and town in the local government area of Southern Midlands in the Central region of Tasmania. It is located about north-east of the town of Oatlands. The 2016 census Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), t ...


Canada

* York, Edmonton, Alberta *Ontario: ** Regional Municipality of York, also known as York Region **
York, Ontario York is a former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northwest of Old Toronto, southwest of North York and east of Etobicoke, where it is bounded by the Humber River. Originally formed as York Township, it encompassed the ...
, a district of Toronto and former municipality. See also East York and
North York North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...
** York County, Ontario, a former county in Ontario ** York, Upper Canada, former name of Toronto before 1834 ** York, Haldimand County, Ontario ** ** **
York River (Ontario) The York River is a river in Renfrew County, Hastings County and Haliburton County in Ontario, Canada. Shows the course of the river highlighted on a topographic map. The river is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, and flows from the sou ...
* York, Prince Edward Island *Quebec: **
Zec de la Rivière-York The Zec York River is a " zone d'exploitation controlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) located in the unorganized territory Rivière-Saint-Jean, in La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region Gaspé ...
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York River (Quebec) York River can refer to: Canada * York River (Ontario) * York River (Quebec) United States *York River (Maine) *York River (Virginia) The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Data ...
— See Gaspé, Quebec


England

* City of York, a local government district of North Yorkshire * County of York, alternative name for Yorkshire * York (European Parliament constituency) *
York, Lancashire York is a hamlet in the Ribble Valley district of the county of Lancashire, England. Part of the Billington and Langho civil parish, it is located southeast of the village of Langho on the old turnpike road between Whalley and Blackburn. Fo ...
, a hamlet


Greenland

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Cape York, Greenland Cape York () is a Headland, cape on the northwestern coast of Greenland, in northern Baffin Bay. Geography It is a pronounced projection. It delimits the northwestern end of Melville Bay, with the other end commonly defined as Wilcox Head, th ...


Sierra Leone

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York, Sierra Leone York is a small coastal fishing town in the Peninsula, located in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. It lies about 25 miles outside Freetown. The principal inhabitants of York are the Creole people, who make up the vast majority ...


United States

* York, Alabama *
York, Alaska York was a mining settlement in the U.S. state of Alaska during the late 19th- and early 20th-century. The mining camp was located at the mouth of Anikovik River, at Cape York on the Seward Peninsula, about north-west of Nome and north-west ...
* York Mountain AVA, California wine region *
York, Georgia York is an unincorporated community in Rabun County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community most likely was named after York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in ...
* York, Illinois *
York, Indiana York is an unincorporated community in York Township, Steuben County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. ...
*Maine: ** York, Maine ** York Beach, Maine ** York Harbor, Maine ** York River (Maine) *
York Charter Township, Michigan York Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,708 at the 2010 census. The township is located north of the city of Milan and is home to the Federal Correctional Institution ...
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York, Missouri York is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History York was founded in 1857 by Archibald York, and named for him. A post office called York was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1 ...
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York, Montana York is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. It is in the southeastern part of the county, northeast of Helena Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a giv ...
* York, Nebraska *New York: ** New York (state) ** New York City ** York, New York * York, North Dakota *
York, Jefferson County, Ohio York is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly ...
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York, Sandusky County, Ohio York is an unincorporated community in Sandusky County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly ...
*Pennsylvania: ** York, Pennsylvania **
York Springs, Pennsylvania York Springs is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 683 at the 2020 census. York Springs is served by the Bermudian Springs School District. History York Springs was platted as Petersburg
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York Haven, Pennsylvania York Haven is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 691 at the 2020 census. The borough is the home of the Brunner Island coal-fired electrical generation plant, located on the Susquehanna River on Wago Road an ...
* York, South Carolina * York River (Virginia) *Wisconsin: **
York, Clark County, Wisconsin York is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 853 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.5 km), all of it land. ...
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York, Dane County, Wisconsin h Town"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355 of York is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 697 at the 2020 cen ...
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York, Green County, Wisconsin York is a town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 910 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Postville is located in the town. The ghost town of Farmers Grove was also located in the town. History York’ ...
** York, Jackson County, Wisconsin **
York Center, Wisconsin York Center is an unincorporated community located in the town of York, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. York Center is located along Wisconsin Highway 73 north of Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia * Marshall, Victoria, ...


Educational institutions

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York College (disambiguation) York College could refer to: Canada *York University, Toronto, Ontario United Kingdom * York College (York), York, England *York College for Girls (1908–1997), York, England *University of York, York, England United States *York College, City U ...
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York High School (disambiguation) York High School may refer to: *York High School, York, North Yorkshire, England * York High School (George), George, South Africa *York High School (Maine), Maine, United States * York Middle/High School, Retsof, New York, United States *York High ...


Canada

* York University, Toronto * York Region District School Board * York Catholic District School Board


England

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University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...
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York College (York) York College is a further and higher education college in York, England, established in 1999. History The ''York Mechanics' Institute'' was founded in 1827 and taught art and science classes. By 1877, the institute had a library that contai ...
* York St John University


United States

* York School (California), Monterey, California * York Technical College, Rock Hill, South Carolina * York Community High School, Elmhurst, Illinois *
York County Community College York County Community College (YCCC) is a public community college in Wells, Maine. YCCC is part of the Maine Community College System. History York County Community College was established in 1994 as York County Technical College (YCTC) by ...
, Wells, Maine *
York College of Pennsylvania York College of Pennsylvania is a private college in Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania. It offers more than 70 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to 3,500 full-time undergraduate students. It also o ...
, York, Pennsylvania


Music

* York (group), a German dance music project * ''York'' (album), by American rapper Blu *''
York (First Exit to Brooklyn) ''York (First Exit to Brooklyn)'' is an album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch, released in 1997 by Thirsty Ear Recordings. Unlike Foetus's other albums, ''York'' is a wholly collaborative work. A "travelogue and explorat ...
'', an album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra


People

* York (explorer), an enslaved African-American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Corps of Discovery * Archbishop of York, the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England *
Duke of York Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English (later British) monarchs. The equivalent title in the Scottish peerage was Du ...
, a title held by various members of the British Royal Family through English history *
House of York The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. Three of its members became kings of England in the late 15th century. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, ...
, a dynasty of English kings in the 15th century *
York (surname) York and Yorke are surnames and may refer to: York * Alexander M. York (1838–1928), American politician * Alissa York (born 1970), Canadian writer * Alvin C. York (1887–1964), American war hero * Andrew York (born 1958), American guitarist * ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name) *
Yorke (surname) York and Yorke are surnames and may refer to: York * Alexander M. York (1838–1928), American politician * Alissa York (born 1970), Canadian writer * Alvin C. York (1887–1964), American war hero * Andrew York (born 1958), American guitarist * ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)


Other uses

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Avro York The Avro York was a British transport aircraft developed by Avro during the Second World War. The design was derived from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, several sections of the York and Lancaster being identical. Due to the importance of L ...
, a British transport plane of the 1940s * HMS ''York'', several warships of the British Royal Navy * HP Yorke, a microprocessor * York City F.C., an association football club * York City Knights (2003-), a rugby league football club * York Wasps (1868-2002), a defunct rugby league football club * York Civil, an Australian engineering and construction company founded in 1990 *
York Imperial The 'York Imperial', or 'York', is a cultivar of apple (''Malus pumila'') from which a number of other valuable strains and cultivars have arisen, including four sport varieties: Commander York, Ramey York, Red Yorking, and Yorking. History In ...
, an apple cultivar * York International, a manufacturer HVAC equipment *
York Fitness York Barbell is an American-based international manufacturer of fitness products. Bob Hoffman, named "Father of World Weightlifting" by the International Weightlifting Federation, bought the Milo Barbell Company and founded York Barbell in 1932 ...
, a manufacturer of fitness products * York Peppermint Pattie, a US candy * York Rite, a branch of freemasonry * York United FC, an association football club


See also

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Jork Jork is a small town on the left bank of the Elbe, near Hamburg (Germany). Jork belongs to the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony. The town is the capital of the Altes Land, one of the biggest fruit growing areas in Europe, and Jork is home to a ...
, town near Hamburg, Germany * Jórvík, the Viking Kingdom of York * Yorker {{Disambiguation, geo, surname