Editing Yorktown, Indiana

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| official_name      = Yorktown, Indiana
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| subdivision_name3  = [[Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana|Mount Pleasant]]
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| leader_name        = Chase Bruton{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
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| population_est     = 11818<ref name="IndianaDemographics"/> {{increase}}
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| population_total   = 11548<ref name="2020census">{{cite web|title=Yorktown town, Indiana - Census Bureau Profile|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1886084|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502165018/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1886084|archive-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>
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'''Yorktown''' is a town in [[Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana|Mount Pleasant Township]], [[Delaware County, Indiana|Delaware County]], [[Indiana]], United States. The population was 11,548 at the 2020 census. It is part of the [[Muncie, Indiana]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

[[File:Yorktown-indiana-from-above.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Yorktown from the air, looking east.]]

== History ==
During the [[Woodland period]] Native Americans built an earthen enclosure just to the east of Yorktown, still visible on Google Earth at {{coord|40.1805|N|85.4694|W}}. Yorktown lies at the junction of the [[White River (Indiana)|White River]] and Buck Creek. According to local legend, the [[Miami Indians]] believed that the peculiar configuration of the junction made Yorktown immune from [[tornado]]es.

Yorktown was platted in 1837 by [[Oliver H. Smith]] who represented Indiana in the [[U.S. Senate]] from 1837 to 1843 and was a member of the Committee on Public Lands. Smith eventually became involved in the railroad business, and Yorktown was joined to Indianapolis by railroad in the early 1850s. Yorktown's main street bears Smith's name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lasley |first=Norma of Delaware County Historical Society |date=March 31, 2007 |title=Correspondence}}</ref>

Yorktown benefited from the 1880s natural gas boom in the area, and was the site of several glass factories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (The gas gave names to nearby the towns of [[Gaston, Indiana|Gaston]] and [[Gas City, Indiana|Gas City]] and drew the [[Ball Brothers]] to [[Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]].)

In 1892, a developer platted "West Muncie" on land immediately adjacent to Yorktown (but roughly ten miles from Muncie). Buck Creek was dammed to form "Lake Delaware" which became the focus of a 73-room resort hotel opened in 1893. However, the dam ruptured within a few years and the entire West Muncie project was abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flook |first=Chris |date=July 22, 2018 |title=Bygone Muncie: Developers had big plans for 'West Muncie' |url=https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/07/22/bygone-muncie-developers-had-big-plans-west-muncie/788011002/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=The Star Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Its most enduring legacy was perhaps that Yorktown was erroneously labeled "West Muncie" on some road maps into the 1960s and perhaps later, puzzling most local residents, who had neither seen nor heard the name in any other context.

The town has been served by the [[Big Four Railroad]] and its successors: the [[New York Central]], [[Penn Central]], [[Conrail]] and [[CSX]]. The town was also served by an electric interurban line, the Union Traction Company of Indiana and its successor [[Indiana Railroad]], in the early twentieth century.

In the mid twentieth century, many residents found employment in automotive plants in nearby Muncie and [[Anderson, Indiana|Anderson]], most associated with [[General Motors]]. General Motors in Muncie, closed down in 2003. Borg Warner in Yorktown closed in 2009. Yorktown also served as corporate headquarters of the [[Marsh Supermarkets]] chain from 1952 until 1991, a fact reflected in the chain's "Yorktown" store brand. Marsh Supermarkets and Village Pantry headquarters relocated in [[Indianapolis]] until Marsh went bankrupt and shut down in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marsh corporate website |url=http://www.marsh.net/mtc_chis.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207030909/http://www.marsh.net/mtc_chis.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=February 7, 2007 |access-date=February 17, 2007}}</ref>

Former Yorktown Clerk-Treasurer Beth Neff was the defendant in high-profile court proceedings (''State of Indiana v. Beth A. Neff'', 18S-IF-478) that saw the Indiana Supreme Court clarify state statutes relating to the conditions under which Indiana judiciaries may remove publicly elected municipal officials from office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stancombe |first=Katie |date=February 28, 2019 |title=Justices halt removal of Yorktown clerk-treasurer from office |url=https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/49580-justices-halt-removal-of-yorktown-clerk-treasurer-from-office |access-date=April 26, 2019 |website=The Indiana Lawyer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yorktown Clerk-Treasurer Who Left Books Unbalanced for Years Can Keep Job |url=https://www.wibc.com/news/local-news/yorktown-clerk-treasurer-who-left-books-unbalanced-years-can-keep-job |access-date=April 27, 2019 |website=93.1 WIBC |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, Yorktown has a total area of {{convert|8.863|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.78|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.06%) is land and {{convert|0.083|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.94%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1886084
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=July 25, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083237/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1886084
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 331
|1920= 797
|1930= 909
|1940= 906
|1950= 1109
|1960= 1137
|1970= 1673
|1980= 3945
|1990= 4106
|2000= 4785
|2010= 9405
|2020= 11548
|estyear=2025
|estimate=11818
|estref=<ref name="IndianaDemographics">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiana-demographics.com/yorktown-demographics|title=Yorktown Demographic Statistics|publisher=Indiana Demographics by Cubit|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="2020census"/> of 2020, there were 11,548 people, 4,568 households, and 2,832 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|353.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 4,817 housing units at an average density of {{convert|147.31|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Race (U.S. Census)|Alaskan Native]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Native Hawaiian]] or [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.0% of the population.

There were 4,568 households, of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 15.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 4.4% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.91.

18.6% of the population had never been married. 60.6% of residents were [[marriage|married]] and not [[marital separation|separated]], 4.7% were [[widowed]], 15.7% were [[divorce]]d, and 0.5% were separated.

The median age in the town was 40.3. 6.5% of residents were under the age of 5; 25.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 74.9% were age 18 or older; and 18.4% were age 65 or older. 7.2% of the population were [[veterans]].

The most common language spoken at home was [[English (language)|English]] with 97.0% speaking it at home, 1.5% spoke another [[Indo-European]] language at home and 1.5% spoke an [[Asia]]n or [[Pacific Islander]] language at home. 2.7% of the population were [[foreign born]].

The median household income in Gaston was $66,785, 18.9% greater than the median average for the state of [[Indiana]]. 8.7% of the population were in poverty, including 14.2% of residents under the age of 18. The poverty rate for the town was 4.2% lower than that of the state. 11.7% of the population was [[disabled]] and 4.2% had no [[healthcare]] coverage. 21.3% of the population had attained a [[high school]] or equivalent degree, 27.1% had attended [[college]] but received no degree, 12.9% had attained an [[Associate's degree]] or higher, 18.6% had attained a [[Bachelor's degree]] or higher, and 14.0% had a [[Graduate degree|graduate]] or [[Professional degree|professional]] degree. 6.1% had no degree. 63.0% of Yorktown residents were employed, working a mean of 36.8 hours per week. The median gross rent in Yorktown was $755 and the homeownership rate was 85.6%. 249 housing units were vacant at a density of {{convert|7.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 9,405 people, 3,648 households, and 2,726 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1071.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,929 housing units at an average density of {{convert|447.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 95.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 3,648 households, of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.3% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.95.

The median age in the town was 41.2 years. 25.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 27.7% were from 45 to 64; and 17% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,785 people, 1,842 households, and 1,368 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,357.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,940 housing units at an average density of {{convert|550.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.64% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.96% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.36% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.73% of the population.

There were 1,842 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $50,974, and the median income for a family was $58,784. Males had a median income of $41,346 versus $26,611 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $26,065. About 3.9% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
===Elementary schools===
* Pleasant View Elementary (Grade K-3)
* Yorktown Elementary School (Grades 4–5)

===Middle schools===
* Yorktown Middle School (Grades 6–8)

===High schools===
* [[Yorktown High School (Indiana)|Yorktown High School]]

===Alternative Schools===
* [[Youth Opportunity Center]]

The town has a free lending library, the Yorktown Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | access-date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>

==Notable People==
*[[Ted Haggard]], prominent [[Evangelical Christian]], grew up in Yorktown.
*[[Jack Parkinson (basketball)|Jack Parkinson]], All-American (2nd Team) Basketball player at the University of Kentucky.
*[[Jonathon Newby]], founding member of music group [[Brazil (band)|Brazil]] grew up in Yorktown.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.yorktownindiana.org/ Town of Yorktown, Indiana website]
*[http://www.yorktowninchamber.org/ Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.yorktownhistory.online/ The Culture and History of Yorktown and Mt. Pleasant Township, Indiana]

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