Editing York Township, Michigan (section)

==History==
[[File:Othniel Gooding.png|thumb|left|150px|Othniel Gooding, the first clerk of York Township]]
The area that is now York Township was first settled in 1824, and organized into York Township on March 7, 1834. The township was named York due to the large number of residents originating from [[New York (state)|New York]]. The township's first clerk was Othniel Gooding.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chapman |first1=Chas. C. |title=History Of Washtenaw County, Michigan: Together With Sketches Of Its Cities, Villages And Townships...and Biographies Of Representative Citizens: History Of Michigan, Volume 1 |date=1881 |publisher=Chas. C. Chapman & Co. |pages=1412–1413 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiziAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1412 |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>

The [[Federal Correctional Institution, Milan]] was built in 1933 in York Township.  The prison is notable for carrying out the only execution in the state's history, despite the [[Capital punishment in Michigan|state abolishing the death penalty]] in 1847. [[Tony Chebatoris]], who was convicted on federal charges related to bank robbery and murder, received the death penalty at Milan in 1938.  He is buried at Marble Park Cemetery in York Township.

York Township was an original {{convert|36|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} [[survey township]] until small segments of the township were later incorporated into portions of the city of [[Saline, Michigan|Saline]] in 1966 and [[Milan, Michigan|Milan]] in 1967.

In 2004, [[Toyota]] opened the Toyota Technical Center in the township.<ref>"[http://www.toyota.com/about/our_business/research_and_development/ Research & Development] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006010026/http://www.toyota.com/about/our_business/research_and_development/ |date=October 6, 2010 }}." [[Toyota]]. Retrieved on May 18, 2010.</ref><ref name="Yorkmap">"[http://twp-york.org/news/yorkmap.jpg Precinct Map]." York Charter Township. Retrieved on January 5, 2010.</ref> The state passed legislation permitting the sale of {{convert|690|acre|ha}} of land in the township to Toyota for a research and development facility.<ref>Butters, Jamie. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104031223/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121788038.html Article: Michigan bill allows Toyota to acquire prime site in York Township.]" ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. September 10, 2004. Retrieved on May 18, 2010.</ref> The expanded technical center was scheduled to open in 2008.<ref>Snavely, Brent. "[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/SUB/709170330/1033/toc# More than just jobs]." ''[[Crain's Detroit Business]]''. September 17, 2007. Retrieved on May 18, 2010.</ref>