[3] 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.

[7] The Federal Correctional Institution, Milan was built in 1933 in York Township.

Tony Chebatoris, who was convicted on federal charges related to bank robbery and murder, received the death penalty at Milan in 1938.

[8][9] 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.

Lincoln Consolidated School District also serves very small segments of the eastern portion of the township.

[15] The 125-acre (51 ha) Sandra Richardson Park has soccer fields leased to the Saline Area Soccer Association, three walking trails, a 32-by-40-foot (9.8 by 12.2 m) picnic pavilion north of the park's parking lot, a sheltered picnic table, the historic Judd Road Bridge, two bridges crossing wet areas of the trails, a shelter gazebo located at the intersection of the three trails, and portable toilets.

Boy Scout Eagle projects led to the installation of the picnic tables and bridges.

In 2004 the York Township Parks and Recreation Community applied for a grant from the Michigan National Resources Trust Fund.

The township reseeded 5 acres (2.0 ha) of prairie with native grasses and wildflowers.

In 2005 the State of Michigan gave an additional 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land to the park.