York

Summary

York is a former settlement^[1]. York ranks in the top 3% of former_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• York is located in York County^[3].
• York is located in Home District^[4].
• York is in the country of British Empire^[5].
• York's image is recorded as Harbour of York, Upper Canada, 1803.jpg^[6].
• York's instance of is recorded as former settlement^[7].
• York's founder is recorded as John Graves Simcoe^[8].
• York's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157037518^[9].
• York's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85288320^[10].
• York's Commons category is recorded as York, Toronto^[11].
• +1793-08-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of York^[12].
• York was dissolved in +1834-03-06T00:00:00Z^[13].
• York's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.65027777777778, 'lon': -79.37194444444444}^[14].
• York's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k6sy^[15].
• York's replaced by is recorded as Old Toronto^[16].
• York's capital of is recorded as Upper Canada^[17].
• York's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from York, Upper Canada^[18].
• York's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01768927n^[19].
• York's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101740741^[20].
• York's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987013002924305171^[21].
• York's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/db87645a-64e4-4c88-b6d7-0b2e447c05f9^[22].

Body

Geography

York is in the country of British Empire^[5]. Located in include York County^[3], a former county of Ontario^[23], in Canada^[24], founded in 1792^[25] and Home District^[4], a former administrative territorial entity^[26], in Canada^[27].

Designation and Status

York's instance of is recorded as former settlement^[7].

History and Context

+1793-08-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of York^[12].

Why It Matters

York ranks in the top 3% of former_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).^[2] York has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] York is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]