Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. York Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 523 people in the township. One 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 Wrightsborough, 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.