Formed January 1, 1652 (1st county)
York County (211,981), Alfred* (874), Biddeford (22,553)
The red brick Colonial Revival building was originally erected in 1806 and enlarged in 1819. There have been remodeling in 1854, 1896, 1917, and 1936. It was enlarged again in 1957. William Parsons and John Holmes provided the courthouse designs. It is located at Court Street and Depot Street. United States Highway 202 passes one block to the northwest of the site. A 1733 version of the courthouse was in the village of York. There are District Courthouses in Biddeford, Springdale, and York. The county is named for the Duke of York. The county seat is named for King Alfred. York County was the birthplace of 1 Maine Governor, David Dunn. York County was created on January 1, 1652 as the original county.
York Couty government consists of an administrator, a sheriff, a treasurer, and a coroner (executive). It has 5 Commissioners (legislative.) Six District Court Judges, One Superior Court Judge, Two Probate Court Judges and a court clerk serve York County (judicial.) York County is in the southwest corner of the state. The county center is 6.3 miles North-Northeast of Alfred in Sanford. The county is surrounded clockwise by Oxford and Cumberland counties and Atlantic Ocean and New Hampshire.
The area of the county is 1271 square miles. It is 9 out of 16 in the state. It ranks 2 out of 16 in population in the state. It has a density of 166.8 persons per square mile making it 3 out of 16 in the state. York County has 30.6% of its population in its incorporated areas. Interstate Highway 95 passes through the county east to southwest Cumberland County to New Hampshire. United States Highway 1 parallels Interstate Highway 95 from Cumberland County to New Hampshire. United States Highway 202 goes east to west from Cumberland County to New Hampshire. The county looks like a funnel. Alfred is located in the southern third of the county. Biddeford is in the eastern tip of the county on the coast. Alfred is the county seat and Biddeford is the largest city. Alfred is 0.4% of the county population while Biddeford is 10.6% of the county population. This county is in the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Biddeford
Saco
Sanford
Alfred (unincorporated)
