Editing Springettsbury Township, Pennsylvania

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Springettsbury Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type          = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
|nickname                 = 
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|image_caption            = Advent Lutheran Church in [[East York, Pennsylvania]]
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|map_caption              = Location in [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] and the state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[York County, Pennsylvania|York]]
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|government_type          = Supervisor-manager
|leader_title             = Chairman
|leader_name              = Mark Swomley
|leader_title1            = Vice Chairman
|leader_name1             = George Dvoryak
|leader_title2            = Other supervisors
|leader_name2             = {{ubl|Don Bishop|Robert Cox|Charles Wurster<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?SEC=E1683878-8236-47DB-B596-A17AC88D65F0 |title=Board of Supervisors |website=Springettsbury Township |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref>}}
|leader_title3            = Manager
|leader_name3             = Mark Hodgkinson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?SEC=EDC8885E-1305-406C-BB16-EE141DF0773C |title=Township Manager |website=Springettsbury Township |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref>
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1737
|established_title1       = Incorporated
|established_date1        = 1891
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 42.42
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023">{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=US Census |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=February 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|population_total         =  27,032 {{increase}}
|population_density_km2   = 633.36
|population_density_sq_mi = 1640.35
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 17402
|area_code                = [[Area code 717|717]]
|blank_name_sec1          = State government
|blank_info_sec1          = &nbsp;
|blank1_name_sec1         = • [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 28|Senator (28)]]
|blank1_info_sec1         = [[Kristin Phillips-Hill]], since&nbsp;2019; [[township (United States)|twp]] since 2023
|blank2_name_sec1         = • [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 47|House Rep (47)]]
|blank2_info_sec1         = [[Joe D'Orsie]], since 2023
|blank3_name_sec1         = • [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 94|House Rep (94)]]
|blank3_info_sec1         = [[Wendy Fink]], since 2023
|blank_name_sec2          = U.S. government
|blank_info_sec2          = &nbsp;
|blank1_name_sec2         = • [[Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district|House Rep (10)]]
|blank1_info_sec2         = [[Scott Perry (politician)|Scott Perry]], since 2013
|website                  = {{URL|www.springettsbury.com|springettsbury.com}}
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-133-72992
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'''Springettsbury Township''' is a [[township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 27,032 at the 2010 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/> The township takes its name from [[Springett Penn (II)|Springett Penn]], grandson of Pennsylvania founder [[William Penn]]. Located east and northeast of the city of [[York, Pennsylvania|York]], the township hosts the [[York Galleria]] shopping mall and a large [[Harley-Davidson]] manufacturing plant.

==History==
Springettsbury Township was incorporated on April 20, 1891, formed from the northeast part of [[Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania|Spring Garden Township]], which itself had separated from [[Hellam Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Hellam Township]] in 1822.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/yorkspast/2015/09/21/1860-buildings-31-35-in-south-region-of-springettsbury-township/74753894/ |title=1860 Buildings 31–35 in South Region of Springettsbury Township |first=Stephen H. |last=Smith |date=September 21, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |newspaper=York Daily Record |department=York's Past |quote=...Springettsbury Township was formed from the northeast part of [Spring Garden] township on April 20, 1891.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springgardentwp.org/?page_id=68 |title=Area History |publisher=Spring Garden Township |access-date=November 9, 2015 |quote=In 1822 Spring Garden was split from Hellam.... The area of what is now Springettsbury Township was part of Spring Garden from 1822 to 1891.}}</ref> Within Springettsbury, [[Diamond Silk Mill]], [[East York Historic District]], [[Pleasureville Historic District]], and [[Strickler Family Farmhouse]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy|access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref>

===18th century===
While [[William Penn]] received a royal grant in 1681, rights to the land that became Springettsbury Township were purchased from local [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] in the early 1700s before it was [[European colonization of the Americas|settled]]. Original peoples of the area at this time included the [[Susquehannock|Susquehannock/Conestoga]]. The "Treaty of 1736" acquired a clear title for Penn's heirs to the lands west of the Susquehanna River. Prior to this, Governor [[Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet|William Keith]] had held council with the native people on June 16, 1722. First identified as including {{convert|70,000|acres}}, the land was marked as the "Manor of Springettsbury" and included dense forests of oak, chestnut, walnut, hickory, poplar, and ash trees. By 1739, Springettsbury Manor was encompassed by the founding of Hellam Township, and on August 19, 1749, York County was formed from what was the western part of [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]]. After a southern [[Penn–Calvert Boundary Dispute|border dispute with Maryland]] was resolved, a re-survey in the 1760s found that the manor contained {{convert|64,250|acres}}.<ref name=origin>{{cite book |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A3A864AF-55B8-4DB0-BF0D-623CBF7BE4D3}&DE={E94CBC76-2316-4017-BE6F-187A1FC6A018} |chapter-url=http://www.springettsbury.com/vertical/sites/%7B4CA0C2A3-83C3-431C-8CE2-5C40D45B8BA2%7D/uploads/%7B89524466-7A85-4CE8-9EA0-0BFEC72384DC%7D.PDF |title=History of Springettsbury Township |chapter=Chapter 1: Origin |year=1991 |access-date=December 9, 2015 |publisher=Anstadt Printing |place=York |editor=Jim Markle Sr.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Appleton's |wstitle=Penn, William |noicon=x |year=1900}}</ref>

[[File:Strickler Farmhouse AB YorkCo PA.JPG|left|thumb|Oldest section of Strickler Farmhouse, built c. 1740]]

====Camp Security====
During the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], Camp Security operated in Springettsbury (then part of Hellam) Township from 1781 to the war's end in 1783, and held prisoners from the [[Battles of Saratoga]] in New York and later those from the [[Siege of Yorktown|Battle of Yorktown]] in Virginia. Located just east of the current Penn Oaks development,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkblog.com/yorkspast/2014/03/07/camp-security-the-schultz-house-henry-ford/ |title=Camp Security, the Schultz House & Henry Ford |first=Stephen H. |last=Smith |work=YorksPast |date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref> the camp housed 1,500 prisoners, Continental Army guards, and their families.<ref name=campdig>{{cite news |url=http://archive.ydr.com/local/ci_25905966/camp-security-archeological-dig-planned-late-summer |title=Camp Security archaeological dig planned for late summer |date=June 5, 2014 |first=Teresa |last=Boeckel |newspaper=York Daily Record |access-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> The first prisoners arrived from an overcrowded stockade in Charlottesville, Virginia, years after their 1777 capture, and were obliged to build their own stockade and huts, as well as guard shacks for their captors. The poor accommodations and shortages of food, clothing, and medicine contributed to the spread of disease such that hundreds died and were buried in mostly unmarked graves nearby. Yorktown prisoners arrived in 1782 and Camp Indulgence was built nearby, outside the stockade, with similar huts but with less security and easier parole for about 600 residents (non-commissioned officers and some women and children).<ref name=campdig /><ref name=highlights>{{cite book |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A3A864AF-55B8-4DB0-BF0D-623CBF7BE4D3}&DE={E94CBC76-2316-4017-BE6F-187A1FC6A018} |chapter-url=http://www.springettsbury.com/vertical/sites/%7B4CA0C2A3-83C3-431C-8CE2-5C40D45B8BA2%7D/uploads/%7B5653A882-2B93-4D45-A674-61C2022A4C67%7D.PDF |title=History of Springettsbury Township |chapter=Chapter VII: Historic Highlights |year=1991 |access-date=December 10, 2015 |publisher=Anstadt Printing |place=York |editor=Jim Markle Sr.}}</ref> An archeological dig found Camp Security's stockade post holes in October 2022,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2022/10/28/site-of-a-york-county-pa-revolutionary-war-pow-camp-found/69599782007/ |title='We finally found it': Evidence of Revolutionary War POW camp site in York County unearthed |date=October 28, 2022 |newspaper=York Daily Record |first=Mike |last=Argento |author-link=Mike Argento |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref> and work to uncover more remains of the site continued in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/revolutionary-war-pow-camp-in-york-county-revealing-its-footprint/70251073007/ |title=Uncovering a Revolutionary POW camp in York County: 'It will ... be a tourist destination' |date=May 31, 2023 |newspaper=York Daily Record |first=Teresa |last=Boeckel |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref>

===19th century===
[[Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania|Spring Garden Township]], which then included the Springettsbury land, was formed out of the southwestern part of Hellam Township in 1822.<ref name=origin />

Springettsbury is not known to have had any [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battles, though a Confederate brigade from Georgia, commanded by General [[John Brown Gordon|John B. Gordon]], gathered in the township two miles east of [[York, Pennsylvania|York]] on June 28, 1863, before marching eastward to [[Wrightsville, Pennsylvania|Wrightsville]]. A [[Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (Columbia, Pennsylvania)|covered wooden bridge]] was burned by the Union army to prevent the Georgia brigade from crossing the Susquehanna River. Gordon arranged a [[bucket brigade]] to save the town from the spreading fire, and departed the next morning.<ref name=highlights />

Citizens in the rapidly growing eastern portion of Spring Garden Township, led by John S. Hiestand, petitioned for a division of the township. After a Spring 1891 election, the petition was presented to the county courts and studied by three commissioners who decided "in favor" of the change. Springettsbury Township was officially sanctioned on April 20, 1891.<ref name=origin /> At the turn of the century, a covered bridge on Diehl Mill Road (now North Sherman Street) crossed Mill Creek between these two townships.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkblog.com/yorkspast/2015/11/15/diehls-mill-covered-bridge/ |title=Diehl's Mill Covered Bridge |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=November 15, 2015 |access-date=January 22, 2016 |last=Smith |first=Stephen H. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117111353/http://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/yorkspast/2015/11/15/diehls-mill-covered-bridge/75822010/ |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |quote=The right side of the photo includes the Diehl Mill Road Covered Bridge that spanned Mill Creek}}</ref> By the 1900 census, the new township had a population of 1,783.<ref name=origin />

===20th century===
{{See also|Mahlon Haines#Yorkshire and Haines Park|Mahlon Haines#Haines Acres}}
[[File:Apt on Mkt East York YorkCo PA.JPG|thumb|An apartment building along Market Street in East York]]
[[East York, Pennsylvania|East York]] was first developed in Springettsbury Township in 1903, and on May 21, 1904, the York/Wrightsville Electric Railroad (trolley) began<ref name=stony>{{cite news |url=http://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/yorkspast/2016/01/27/stony-run/79390294/ |title=Stony Brook, Stony Run and the Trolley |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=January 31, 2016 |department=YorksPast |newspaper=York Daily Record |first=Stephen H. |last=Smith |quote="the York to Wrightsville trolley was in service ... from May 21, 1904 until February 1, 1933."}}</ref> with hourly service via tracks along East Market Street (later designated part of the [[Lincoln Highway]] and [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|US 30]]; now [[Pennsylvania Route 462|Route 462]]). Service to Wrightsville ended in 1932 (or 1933)<ref name=stony /> while the frequency increased to every 20 minutes between York and a station at Kershaw Street. East York's fastest growth&nbsp;– the building of 167 houses&nbsp;– was in the 1930s. Bus service replaced the trolley in the 1940s, and the tracks were removed in the early 1950s when a fourth lane was added to East Market Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/SiteResource/H104512_01H.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: East York Historic District |publisher=Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System (CRGIS) |date=December 9, 1998 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |first=Carole W. |last=Epler |at=sec. 8, pp. 1–3}}</ref>

Other historic subdivisions in the township, and their years of development, include [[Fayfield, Pennsylvania|Fayfield]] (c. 1937&nbsp;– c. 1986),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Portal/Communities/pa-suburbs/files/Fayfield_HRSF.pdf |title=Pennsylvania Historic Research Survey Form: Fayfield Subdivision |publisher=Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission |date=May 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2015}}</ref> Haines Acres (800 acres, 1954–1973),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Portal/Communities/BHP/Suburbs/york_haines_acres_hrsf.pdf |title=Pennsylvania Historic Research Survey Form: Haines Acres |publisher=Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission |date=December 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2015}}</ref> and Yorkshire. The York Suburban School District includes students from all of these neighborhoods and East York.<ref name=schooldays />

Springettsbury Township hosted a {{convert|101|acre|adj=on}}, {{convert|1.5|e6sqft|adj=on}} [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] manufacturing plant<ref name=globest /> from 1953<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.company-histories.com/Caterpillar-Inc-Company-History.html |title=Caterpillar Inc. |access-date=December 1, 2015 |website=Company Histories |quote=In the 1950s, within the United States, Cat built new factories in ... York, Pennsylvania (1953)}}</ref> until its closure in the 1990s, when the company continued operating a comparatively smaller parts distribution center.

The headquarters and distribution center of the former [[McCrory Stores]] chain was in Springettsbury Township from 1963. Founded in 1882, the stores filed for bankruptcy in 1992 and 2001, and the company ceased operation in early 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.ydr.com/ci_9678697 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142203/http://archive.ydr.com/ci_9678697 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |title=Part of the Springettsbury Twp. McCrory's site sells |date=June 24, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |newspaper=York Daily Record |first=Brent |last=Burkey}}</ref>

===21st century===
The vacant former Caterpillar facility was acquired by a [[joint venture]] in 2002 for $9 million and received $50 million in redevelopment investments as the "York Business Center" before being sold at a profit in 2008. Primary tenants at that time included [[RR Donnelley]] and [[The Bon-Ton|Bon-Ton Stores]].<ref name=globest>{{cite news |url=http://www.brasler.com/pdf/GlobeSt_02-21-2008.pdf |title=York Business Center Turnaround Pays Off |date=February 20, 2008 |access-date=December 1, 2015 |first=Marita |last=Thomas |newspaper=GlobeSt.com}}</ref>

In late 2016, [[Post Cereals|Post Consumer Brands]] filed plans to move into a newly built {{convert|755000|sqft|adj=on}} logistics center within the Harley-Davidson campus off Eden Road in the township. Expected to generate 70 jobs, Post was to occupy about 80 percent of the building, likely by January 2017, with the remainder available for lease by Post or other tenants. To be used for dry cereal storage, the warehouse has over 60 docks for shipping and receiving.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2016/10/07/mystery-tenant-tapped-eden-road-logistics-hub/91601062/ |title=Tenant tapped for Eden Road logistics hub |first=Brett |last=Sholtis |newspaper=York Daily Record |publisher=Gannett |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2016/11/18/post-consumer-brands-move-into-eden-road-logistics-hub/94038546/ |title=Cereal maker to move into Springettsbury Township |first=Brett |last=Sholtis |newspaper=York Daily Record |publisher=Gannett |date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/money/business/2016/11/21/post-consumer-brands-cereal-springettsbury/94229212/ |title=Major cereal maker files plans in Springettsbury Township |first=David |last=Weissman |newspaper=The York Dispatch |publisher=Gannett |date=November 22, 2016 |access-date=November 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cpbj.com/article/20170103/CPBJ01/170109979/cerealmaker-expected-to-create-70-jobs-at-york-warehouse |newspaper=Central Penn Business Journal |date=January 3, 2017 |title=Cereal-maker expected to create 70 jobs at York warehouse |first=David |last=O'Connor |access-date=March 29, 2017 }}</ref> Its builder declared the center's construction complete on January 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stewartandtate.com/eden-road-logistics-center-up-and-running/ |title=Eden Road Logistics Center Up and Running |date=January 23, 2017 |website=stewartandtate.com |publisher=Stewart & Tate |access-date=March 29, 2017 }}</ref>

Bon-Ton Stores employed 332 workers at its Springettsbury Township headquarters as of April 2018 before the department store chain closed in August 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cpbj.com/article/20180406/CPBJ01/180409910/as-it-seeks-buyer-bonton-makes-contingency-plans-for-liquidation |newspaper=Central Penn Business Journal |title=As it seeks buyer, Bon-Ton makes contingency plans for liquidation |date=April 6, 2018 |access-date=September 11, 2018 |quote=332 workers at the company's headquarters in Springettsbury Township }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/09/07/indiana-company-planning-revive-and-reinvent-bon-ton-stores-inc-paying-900-000-bankrupt-retailers-tr/1221672002/ |title=Bon-Ton buyer paying $900,000 for retailer's name, websites and data, court record shows |date=September 7, 2018 |newspaper=USA Today |first=Paul |last=Gores |access-date=September 11, 2018 |quote=A going-out-of-business sale ... concluded last week. }}</ref>

[[Hollywood Casino York]] opened in Springettsbury Township in August 2021. The {{convert|80,000|sqft|adj=on}} casino has over 500 video poker and slot machines, a full-service restaurant, and Pennsylvania's first retail [[Barstool Sports]]book location.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/penn-national-gaming-opens-120m-casino-near-york/article_ce001d00-fba8-11eb-b2ec-afb3d01d04ae.html |title=Penn National Gaming opens $120M casino near York |date=August 12, 2021 |website=[[WFMZ-TV|WFMZ]] |access-date=September 3, 2021 }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 16.7&nbsp;square miles (43.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all  land. Its western and northwestern boundaries (with [[Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Manchester]] and [[East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania|East Manchester Townships]]) are adjacent to [[Codorus Creek]] and its southwestern boundary (with Spring Garden Township) is along Mill Creek. Springettsbury Township's southeastern border is with [[York Township, Pennsylvania|York]] and [[Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Windsor Townships]] and its northeastward-facing border is with Hellam Township.

The township includes the [[census-designated place]]s of [[Pleasureville, Pennsylvania|Pleasureville]], [[East York, Pennsylvania|East York]], [[Yorklyn, Pennsylvania|Yorklyn]], and [[Stonybrook, Pennsylvania|Stonybrook]].

==Major roads==
*[[File:I-83.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 83#Pennsylvania|Interstate 83]]
*[[File:US 30.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 30]]
*[[File:PA-24.svg|20px]] [[Pennsylvania Route 24|PA Route 24]] (Mount Zion Road / Edgewood Road)
*[[File:PA-124.svg|20px]] [[Pennsylvania Route 124|PA Route 124]] (Mount Rose Avenue)
*[[File:PA-462.svg|20px]] [[Pennsylvania Route 462|PA Route 462]] (East Market Street)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 1783
|1910= 1707
|1920= 1801
|1930= 2597
|1940= 3790
|1950= 5537
|1960= 14232
|1970= 19399
|1980= 19687
|1990= 21564
|2000= 23883
|2010= 26668
|2020= 27058
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 27453
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>
|footnote=[[United States Census Bureau]]
}}

===2020===
As of the census of 2020,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 27,058 people residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|1,652.9|PD/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the township was 77.7% white, 8.3% black or African American, 4.1% Asian, 1.3% Native American, and 8.6% from other races. 9.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

===2010===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2"/> of 2010, there were 26,668 people, 9,832 households and 6,588 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,596.5|PD/sqmi}}. There were 10,265 housing units at an average density of {{convert|614.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the township was 82.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.1% of the population.

There were 9,832 households, of which 18.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 18.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 males there were 93.1 females. For every 100 males age 18 and over, there were 93.3 females.

The median income for a household in the township was $62,224 and the median income for a family was $72,154. Males had a median income of $51,186 versus $37,328 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $29,372. About 3.4% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Springettsbury Township is governed by a board of five supervisors who are elected at-large by voters for six-year terms. Supervisor terms are staggered and expire at the end of odd-numbered years.<ref name=BoS>{{cite web |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC={E1683878-8236-47DB-B596-A17AC88D65F0} |title=Board of Supervisors |publisher=Springettsbury Township |access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref> A Tax Collector and three Township Auditors are also elected by township voters at-large to six-year terms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC={F6202392-7F52-431C-AB26-669B988B1701}#{58183DB1-0CFB-4632-87B5-1E72C8E4FD9B} |title=Other Township Officials |publisher=Springettsbury Township |access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref> A chairman and vice chairman are appointed among the Board of Supervisors.<ref name=BoS />

Springettsbury Township is a municipal corporation organized under the Pennsylvania [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Second Class Township]] Code. The township has functioned under a Supervisor&nbsp;– Manager form of government since 1963. A Township Manager, who acts as the Chief Administrative Officer, is appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Various boards and commissions are also formed to address specific issues such as subdivision planning, zoning, recreation, historical preservation, and recycling. The Board of Supervisors appoints members to these boards and commissions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={F3C34A46-9BD5-41FD-A2AB-7811382BA02B} |title=Form of Government |publisher=Springettsbury Township |access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref>

Public meetings are regularly held at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the municipal complex at 1501 Mount Zion Road; exceptions are in June, July, and August (fourth Thursday only); November (third Wednesday only); and December (second Thursday only).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springettsbury.com/vertical/sites/%7B4CA0C2A3-83C3-431C-8CE2-5C40D45B8BA2%7D/uploads/01.02.18_Board_of_Supervisors_Reorganization_Meeting_Minutes.pdf#page=6 |title=Board of Supervisors Annual Reorganization Meeting Minutes |date=January 2, 2018 |access-date=November 25, 2018 |publisher=Springettsbury Township |page=6}}</ref>

===Community services===
Springettsbury Township has been served historically by two volunteer fire companies: Commonwealth Fire Co. and Springetts Fire Co., both dating from the mid-1920s;<ref name=services /> in 2008 they joined forces with Spring Garden Township as part of a York Area United Fire and Rescue company.<ref name=yaufr /> Emergency Medical Services are available via subscription program from White Rose Ambulance, since January 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={6F5B50AF-25AF-4D44-9B59-79886167307B}&DE={A0222694-7554-4D0A-B1DE-A467DAAD6B8F} |title= UPDATE: Ambulance Service Subscriptions/Memberships |date=August 24, 2018 |publisher=Springettsbury Township |access-date=November 25, 2018 }}</ref> The township's government maintains an active parks and recreation program, as well as a police force, both since 1958.<ref name=services>{{cite book |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A3A864AF-55B8-4DB0-BF0D-623CBF7BE4D3}&DE={E94CBC76-2316-4017-BE6F-187A1FC6A018} |chapter-url=http://www.springettsbury.com/vertical/sites/%7B4CA0C2A3-83C3-431C-8CE2-5C40D45B8BA2%7D/uploads/%7B16273200-D2EA-4DE7-B9FF-F3B834A26359%7D.PDF |title=History of Springettsbury Township |chapter=Chapter X: Community Services of Our Township |year=1991 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |publisher=Anstadt Printing |place=York |editor=Jim Markle Sr.}}</ref>

====Commonwealth Fire Company====
In January 1924, after a fire in the village of Pleasureville was put out via bucket brigade, a group of citizens met to discuss organization of a fire company. A committee was established and met on March 18, 1924, electing officers. Within two months, they had their first truck, and they dedicated their first firehouse on October 18, 1924. A second truck was added in 1942, a Ladies Auxiliary in 1949, and dining/social halls (each {{convert|36|by|50|ft}}) in 1952. Later additions included a {{convert|500|USgal|adj=on}} pumper and two more firehouse bays in 1957; 24-hour/day, paid drivers in 1959; a {{convert|1000|USgal|adj=on}} pumper in 1965; and a rescue truck by 1969. In late 1969, plans began for a new firehouse, and {{convert|8.5|acre}} of land along Sherman Street was purchased in March 1970. Building construction began in the second quarter of 1972, and the apparatus moved to the new building in May 1973.<ref name=services />

====Springetts Fire Company====
When fire destroyed a large residence in the Yorkshire neighborhood on Christmas Eve 1925, organization of a local fire company, which had been under consideration by a few individuals, became a concern of the majority. A meeting in January 1926 resulted in organization of the Springetts Fire Company and election of officers. The first fire apparatus had chemical tanks, was built on a donated Buick chassis, included {{convert|150|ft}} of {{convert|1|inch|adj=on}} hose, and was stored in an individual's garage. [[Mahlon Haines]], the main developer of the neighborhood, donated a plot of land that was used as part payment for a larger plot on the south side of Market Street. The $10,000 building on this property was completed in July 1931, and a Lady's Auxiliary was later formed. The original fire apparatus was replaced with a new fire truck in 1938 and {{convert|600|ft}} of {{convert|2.5|inch|adj=on}} hose. After a public meeting and sensing citizen support, the fire company bought a pumper in 1947 and a service truck was added in 1952.<ref name=services />

A building committee was formed in January 1954 to begin planning for a new location. The ladies of the Commonwealth Fire Company helped with reorganization of a Ladies Auxiliary in October 1954. A building fund began in August 1955 and an ambulance was donated, spurring the formation of an ambulance club in March 1956 and ambulance service by July of that year; the ambulance club became a separate organization in November 1961. The township supervisors informed the fire company in November 1956 that they had acquired a piece of land, formerly owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, as a new building location. After bids were taken in January 1958, contracts for nearly $75,000 were awarded for construction. One third of this amount was raised by the community and the rest was applied to a mortgage. The company sold its old firehouse at 2914 East Market Street and moved to its new location at 3013 East Market Street (farther east, on the north side) in November 1958.<ref name=services />

The company joined the Fireman's Association of York County in February 1961, and took delivery of new apparatus in March 1963. Construction of an expansion to the firehouse began in March 1967 and was complete in December of that year. The company took delivery of a new snorkel truck in 1970 and a pumper in June 1972. A second ambulance was added in 1972, and another building addition occurred in 1974. A new pumper to replace the 1962 model was received in February 1979. The township had begun paying for hired drivers in 1959, and they became township employees rather than fire company employees in 1975, eventually taking on more responsibilities and being classified as paid firefighters (working for both fire companies). Three full-time EMT personnel were hired in December 1978, and this number expanded to six by 1987.<ref name=services />

====York Area United Fire and Rescue====
In June 2004, the Springettsbury Township supervisors and the Spring Garden Township commissioners formed an ad hoc committee to consider a combined fire service. A Joint Fire Service (JFS) committee first met in May 2005 to develop a framework. In 2006, a consulting firm was hired to provide a comprehensive plan. The plan, which received significant development assistance from the [[Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development]], was approved by the JFS committee in 2007. Both townships approved a charter amendment for creation of a fire commission to govern the new department, composed of seven commissioners drawn from the two townships. The first meeting of the York Area United Fire and Rescue Commission was held in September 2007, and a formal consolidation took place on May 5, 2008, establishing York County Company 89. In 2009, the department began selling and removing from service its excessive apparatus and replacing it with new, such as three pumpers with two 2010 models. In April 2010, the York Area United Fire and Rescue Commission and the [[International Association of Fire Fighters]], Local 2377, signed the first joint contract for the department.<ref name=yaufr>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaufr.com/History/tabid/56/Default.aspx |title=History of York Area United Fire and Rescue  |publisher=York Area United Fire and Rescue |access-date=December 29, 2015}}</ref>

On July 10, 2013, ground was broken for the third location of a fire and EMS station in the eastern part of the township, to replace one built in 1958. At a cost of $3.8 million, the new 4-bay {{convert|15,500|sqft|adj=on}} station<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bucharthorn.com/projects/new-fire-station-york-area-united-fire-and-rescue-springettsbury-township/ |title=New Fire Station, York Area United Fire and Rescue, Springettsbury Township |publisher=Buchart Horn |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref> opened in 2014 at 50 Commons Drive, an equally new road between Eastern Boulevard and East Market Street. The former property at 3013 Market Street was sold to a developer and its building torn down in 2015 for construction of a {{convert|15680|sqft|adj=on}} "Firehouse Shoppes" shopping center.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cpbj.com/article/20150414/CPBJ01/150419899/firehouse-shoppes-to-replace-old-fire-station-in-springettsbury-township |title=Firehouse Shoppes to replace old fire station in Springettsbury Township |first=Rebecca |last=Hanlon |newspaper=Central Penn Business Journal |date=April 14, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2016}}</ref>

On January 1, 2018, [[Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Manchester Township]]'s fire services department officially merged with YAUFR after a gradual integration of services that began in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mantwp.com/dept_fire.asp |title=Department of Fire Services |publisher=Manchester Township |access-date=February 12, 2019 }}</ref>

In February 2019, YAUFR had three new [[Spartan Motors|Spartan]] replacement fire engines whose purchase began in 2017. The vehicles have [[touchscreen]] controls, [[backup camera]]s, and [[LED lamp|LED lighting]], and their design was customized by the department. The new equipment joins two other front-line fire engines, two ladder trucks, a [[heavy rescue vehicle]], and two reserve engines.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/02/07/york-area-united-fire-rescue-fire-engines-trimmer-better-designed-yaufr-spartan-evr/2791209002/ |title=Three replacement YAUFR fire engines are better designed for aggressive firefighting |date=February 7, 2019 |first=Paul |last=Kuehnel |newspaper=York Daily Record |access-date=February 12, 2019 }}</ref>

====Parks and recreation====
The township Board of Supervisors resolved on February 6, 1958, to create a Park and Recreation Board. Its first Supervisor of Recreation was R. Bruce Bainbridge, who was still serving as of the township's 100th anniversary in 1991. The original parks in 1958 were at Pleasureville, Yorkshire, East York, and Hiestand; there were 13 park locations by 1983 and 16 in 1991.<ref name=services /> The township now operates and maintains 11 parks covering a total of {{convert|150|acres}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={C6CA1C2B-9868-4734-A7DB-A626A3F7B454} |title=Springettsbury Township Parks |access-date=June 11, 2017 |publisher=Springettsbury Township }}</ref> The current park and recreation board has seven members with staggered four-year terms; they meet monthly except August and December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC={CD40F06C-7002-4E95-B5E0-ACFF3F606D3F} |title=Park and Recreation Board |access-date=January 8, 2016 |publisher=Springettsbury Township }}</ref> Most of the township parks include picnic shelters, grills, basketball courts, and playground areas.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Springettsbury Township Parks & Recreation |date=Fall 2017 |page=12 |title=Springettsbury Township Park Locations |url=http://caskeygroup.pagealley.com/springettsbury/aa002780_002.html }}</ref>

====Police department====
The Springettsbury Township Police Department was established on February 9, 1958, with one police chief, one patrolman, and one police car. By 1991, the department had grown to 25 full-time officers, including 17 patrolmen.<ref name=services /> The department was accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association in July 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pachiefs.org/accredited-agencies |title=Accredited Agencies |publisher=Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association |access-date=January 12, 2016}}</ref> In late 2015, the department joined others across the U.S. and opened "safe zones" at its station where online sales may be completed, such as with the exchange of items or money.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2015/12/14/springettsbury-police-open-craigslist-safe-zone/77284928/ |title=Springettsbury police open Craigslist safe zone |first=Brett |last=Sholtis |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref>

===State and U.S. representation===
Following 2021 redistricting, Springettsbury Township is represented by a [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 28|state senator from District 28]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/Resources/GISData/Districts/Legislative/Senate/2021-Final/PDF/LRC%20Senate%20Final.pdf |title=Composite Listing of State Senate Districts |date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=January 10, 2025 |publisher=Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission}}</ref> The township's local districts 02, 03, and 07 are within [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 47|state house District 47]]; township districts 01, 04, 05, 06, and 08 are part of [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 94|state house District 94]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/Resources/GISData/Districts/Legislative/House/2021-Final/PDF/LRC%20House%20Final.pdf |title=Composite Listing of House of Representatives Districts |date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=January 10, 2025 |publisher=Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission}}</ref> In January 2019, Springettsbury joined northwestern York County, [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]] and eastern [[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland County]], which are served by a U.S. House representative elected to a redrawn [[Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district|10th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/03/05/who-running-10th-congressional-district/394556002/ |title=Who is running for Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District? |first=Ed |last=Mahon |date=March 5, 2018 |access-date=March 20, 2018 |newspaper=York Daily Record }}</ref> Its southern and western boundaries were modified again for January 2023.

==Employers==
According to Pennsylvania's SouthCentral [[Workforce Investment Board]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wibpa.org/PDF/local_plan/appendix_h.pdf |title=Largest employers, ranked by number of local employees |work=Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Local Plan |date=2008 |access-date=November 25, 2015 |publisher=SouthCentral Workforce Investment Board |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126172844/http://www.wibpa.org/PDF/local_plan/appendix_h.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2015}}</ref> Springettsbury Township's largest four employers as of 2008 were:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
!Employer
!Local Employees
!Industry
!Local Address
|-
|1
|[[Harley-Davidson|Harley-Davidson Inc]]
|2,150
|[[Motorcycle]] manufacturing
|1425 Eden Road
|-
|2
|[[Reynolds Group Holdings|Graham Packaging Co]]
|865
|[[Plastic]] container manufacturing
|2401 Pleasant Valley Road
|-
|3
|[[The Bon-Ton|Bon Ton Stores Inc]]
|600
|[[Department store]] chain
|2801 E. Market Street
|-
|4
|[[YTI Career Institute]]
|367
|[[Higher education]]
|1405 Williams Road
|-
|}

A 2010 [[URS Corporation]] "Springettsbury Town Center Plan" commissioned by the township identifies the manufacturing sector as the largest employer, with township residents tending to be in management rather than production. Retail jobs employed the second most residents, with their overall payroll less than a third of the manufacturing total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springettsbury.com/vertical/sites/%7B4CA0C2A3-83C3-431C-8CE2-5C40D45B8BA2%7D/uploads/Final_Town_Center_Plan.pdf#page=7 |title=Springettsbury Town Center Plan |date=March 25, 2010 |page=6 |website=Springettsbury Township |access-date=September 4, 2021 }}</ref>

==Education==
Springettsbury Township is served by the [[Central York School District|Central York]] and [[York Suburban School District]]s. Public schools within the township borders include the following:
*[[Central York High School]]
*Central York Middle School (formerly North Hills Junior High)
*East York Elementary School
*North Hills Elementary School (opened 1957)
*Stony Brook Elementary School
*Yorkshire Elementary School
*York Suburban Middle School

Private schools within the township include [[YTI Career Institute]]'s York campus and a [[Goddard School]]. Until its closure in 2017, Springettsbury hosted [[The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania]].

===Former schools===
[[File:School East York PA.JPG|Hiestand School|thumb]]
Public education in the township began with small schoolhouses, some with only one room. Seven such schools were: Miller's, Stony Brook, Witmer's, Glades, Mount Zion, Pleasureville, and Lefever's; this last of which was torn down in 1912 and the [[Hiestand School]] built near Haines Road and Eastern Boulevard. Originally a two-room school, Hiestand was doubled to four rooms in 1927 and had six rooms by 1937. In 1946, the township's Independent School District had a budget of $45,000 with five one-room schools; the Pleasureville school had four rooms. The Hiestand School and others from that district merged with the York Suburban School District when it was formed in 1955. The other schools in the township had become part of the Central Joint School District (now Central York) in 1952. Springettsbury Township School's opening in September 1952 resulted in closure of all the one-room schools; one of them, Witmer's School, had never received electricity service. Springettsbury Township School stopped enrolling new students in 1977, and the building was subsequently used by the York Technical School before being sold to the township for expansion of an adjacent park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkblog.com/yorkspast/2014/06/13/locations-of-five-one-room-schoolhouses-that-closed-in-1952-and-the-avalong-connection/ |title=Locations of five One-Room Schoolhouses that closed in 1952; and The Avalong Connection |department=YorksPast |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=June 13, 2014 |access-date=August 7, 2017 |last=Smith |first=Stephen H. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkblog.com/yorkspast/2014/06/09/springettsbury-township-closed-their-last-five-one-room-schoolhouses-in-1952/ |title=Springettsbury Township closed their last five One-Room Schoolhouses in 1952 |department=YorksPast |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=June 9, 2014 |access-date=August 7, 2017 |last=Smith |first=Stephen H. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkblog.com/yorkspast/2014/07/11/witmers-one-room-schoolhouse-named-for-preacher-david-witmer/ |title=Witmer's One-Room Schoolhouse named for Preacher David Witmer |department=YorksPast |newspaper=York Daily Record |date=July 11, 2014 |access-date=August 7, 2017 |last=Smith |first=Stephen H. }}</ref> The Hiestand School was closed in June 1978 for financial reasons and declining enrollment, and has been used by various community organizations. Pleasureville Elementary School closed in 1982.<ref name=schooldays>{{cite book |url=http://www.springettsbury.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A3A864AF-55B8-4DB0-BF0D-623CBF7BE4D3}&DE={E94CBC76-2316-4017-BE6F-187A1FC6A018} |chapter-url=http://www.springettsbury.com/vertical/sites/%7B4CA0C2A3-83C3-431C-8CE2-5C40D45B8BA2%7D/uploads/%7B5D886F4D-6B92-4253-9003-AB14A8F0C25D%7D.PDF |title=History of Springettsbury Township |chapter=Chapter IX: Early School Days |year=1991 |access-date=December 24, 2015 |publisher=Anstadt Printing |place=York |editor=Jim Markle Sr.}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.springettsbury.com/ Springettsbury Township official website]

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