York County, South Carolina
| York County, South Carolina | |
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York County Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of South Carolina |
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 South Carolina's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1785 |
| Seat | York |
| Largest city | Rock Hill |
| Area | |
| • Total | 696 sq mi (1,803 km2) |
| • Land | 681 sq mi (1,764 km2) |
| • Water | 15 sq mi (39 km2), 2.2% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 251,195 |
| • Density | 332/sq mi (128/km²) |
| Congressional district | 5th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
York County is a county located in the north-central section of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 226,073. Its county seat is York, South Carolina, and its largest city is Rock Hill. The county is served by one interstate highway, I-77 , and a nearby airport, Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.
York County is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-Rock Hill SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
With a population of nearly 6,000 at the time of first European contact, the native inhabitants, the Catawba were primarily agriculturalists. Hernando de Soto passed through the area in the 1540s in his search for gold. Several decades later Juan Pardo recorded his observation of a predominant Native American tribe, later confirmed to be the Catawba, in the vicinity of present-day Fort Mill, east of the Catawba River.
The Province of South Carolina was founded in 1670. Twelve years later it was divided into three counties. One of these, Craven County, roughly encompassed the northern half of the colony (including the southern half of present-day York County), while the northern portion of York County was considered part of North Carolina.
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