Washtenaw County, Michigan
York Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Farm township carved from Saline and Ypsilanti lands in 1834, already home to nearly 1,200 residents when Michigan became a state in 1837
Living in York Township
Home of Mooreville, one of Washtenaw County's oldest settlements, whose mills once furnished the county's building lumber. Source: twp-york.org
Homes in York Township
What makes York Township home
Mooreville
One of the county's oldest settlements, established as early as 1826 and settled by John L. Moore of New York around 1830 on the Saline River
Mooreville sawmill sites
Isaac Hathaway's 1832 sawmill and its 1838 successor supplied the lumber for much of early Washtenaw County
Federal Correctional Institution grounds
The 1933 federal prison known as FCI Milan sits mostly within York Township
Saline River reaches
The river meanders through Mooreville and the township's southwest farms
York farm country
Working farmland township created by the Territorial Legislature in 1834