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York Township, Michigan
York Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,108 at the 2020 census.
The township is located north of the city of Milan and is home to the Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, which carried out the only capital punishment sentence in the state's history when Tony Chebatoris was executed in 1938.
The area that is now York Township was first settled in 1824, and organized into York Township on March 7, 1834. The township was named York due to the large number of residents originating from New York. The township's first clerk was Othniel Gooding.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan was built in 1933 in York Township. The prison is notable for carrying out the only execution in the state's history, despite the state abolishing the death penalty in 1847. Tony Chebatoris, who was convicted on federal charges related to bank robbery and murder, received the death penalty at Milan in 1938. He is buried at Marble Park Cemetery in York Township.
York Township was an original 36-square-mile (93 km2) survey township until small segments of the township were later incorporated into portions of the city of Saline in 1966 and Milan in 1967.
In 2004, Toyota opened the Toyota Technical Center in the township. The state passed legislation permitting the sale of 690 acres (280 ha) of land in the township to Toyota for a research and development facility. The expanded technical center was scheduled to open in 2008.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.86 square miles (90.29 km2), of which 34.70 square miles (89.87 km2) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) (0.46%) is water.
The Saline River flows through the southwest portion of the township.
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York Township, Michigan
York Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,108 at the 2020 census.
The township is located north of the city of Milan and is home to the Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, which carried out the only capital punishment sentence in the state's history when Tony Chebatoris was executed in 1938.
The area that is now York Township was first settled in 1824, and organized into York Township on March 7, 1834. The township was named York due to the large number of residents originating from New York. The township's first clerk was Othniel Gooding.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan was built in 1933 in York Township. The prison is notable for carrying out the only execution in the state's history, despite the state abolishing the death penalty in 1847. Tony Chebatoris, who was convicted on federal charges related to bank robbery and murder, received the death penalty at Milan in 1938. He is buried at Marble Park Cemetery in York Township.
York Township was an original 36-square-mile (93 km2) survey township until small segments of the township were later incorporated into portions of the city of Saline in 1966 and Milan in 1967.
In 2004, Toyota opened the Toyota Technical Center in the township. The state passed legislation permitting the sale of 690 acres (280 ha) of land in the township to Toyota for a research and development facility. The expanded technical center was scheduled to open in 2008.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.86 square miles (90.29 km2), of which 34.70 square miles (89.87 km2) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) (0.46%) is water.
The Saline River flows through the southwest portion of the township.
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