York Township

York Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 503 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Wabash Township - northPatterson Township - northeastWayne Township - southeastRichland Township - southBrown Township - southwestAllen Township - northwest No municipalities are located in York Township.Name and historyOne of ten York Townships statewide, it is named after a farmer, Newberry York, who lived on Indian Creek in the township, and who was the first local Justice of the Peace. Born near Wrightsboro, Georgia on September 6, 1784, York served in the War of 1812 before moving to Darke County. He and his family first settled in Wayne Township before moving to what became York Township.