Editing Hellam Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The Mifflin House, an [[Underground Railroad]] site in the township dating to the 1700s, was used by the Mifflin family in the 19th century to "hide freedom-seekers and ferry them across the [[Susquehanna River]] on their way to Philadelphia."<ref name=nopact /> The house was sold into the Huber family in 1856, who sold it to the Blessing family in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/universal-york/2018/05/29/views-from-the-mifflin-house-in-the-1890s/35485607/ |title=Views from the Mifflin House in the 1890s |newspaper=York Daily Record |first=June |last=Lloyd |date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=July 22, 2018 }}</ref> As of May 2017, the property was at risk of demolition for development of a [[business park]].<ref name=nopact>{{cite news |newspaper=[[York Daily Record]] |title=Developer: No pact to save house |date=May 19, 2017 |pages=1A, 5A |first1=Teresa |last1=Boeckel |first2=Brett |last2=Sholtis }}</ref><ref name=faces>{{cite news |url=http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/03/29/underground-railroad-site-faces-demolition/99760388/ |title=Underground Railroad site faces demolition |first1=Teresa |last1=Boeckel |first2=Brett |last2=Sholtis |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2017 }}</ref> By December 2017, a funding campaign was started to help pay for a legal challenge to save the property, reportedly eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/12/22/campaign-hopes-raise-10-000-save-york-county-underground-railroad-house/977397001/ |title=Campaign hopes to raise $10,000 to save York County Underground Railroad house |date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2018 |first=Teresa |last=Boeckel |newspaper=York Daily Record }}</ref> In July 2018, a York County [[Pennsylvania courts of common pleas|Court of Common Pleas]] judge ruled in favor of a township zoning officer's decision (and zoning hearing board's support) to deny a demolition permit for the house.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/07/20/mifflin-house-underground-rr-stop-remain-standing-judge-rules/804905002/ |title=Judge rules in case of Underground RR house |date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |first=Teresa |last=Boeckel |newspaper=York Daily Record }}</ref> The developer appealed the decision to the [[Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania|Commonwealth Court]]. In February 2019, township supervisors approved unanimously a subdivision plan that includes a two-year moratorium on development of more than {{convert|60|acres|m2}} surrounding Mifflin House, to give preservationists time to raise enough money to save it.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/02/22/underground-railroad-site-agreement-reached-save-hellam-township-mifflin-house-development-kinsley/2948999002/ |title=Clock is ticking to preserve Underground Railroad site before it becomes a business park |date=February 22, 2019 |newspaper=York Daily Record |first=Teresa |last=Boeckel |access-date=March 6, 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Codorus Furnace YorkCo PA 3.JPG|thumb|[[Codorus Forge and Furnace Historic District]], which dates to 1765, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1991.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy}}</ref>|center]]