Map of Winterstown borough

Winterstown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 609 at the time of the 2020 census.

Winterstown borough overview:
Name:	Winterstown borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	York County
Incorporated:	1871
Elevation:	807 ft (246 m)
Total Area:	2.41 sq mi (6.25 km²)
Land Area:	2.41 sq mi (6.25 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	608
Population Density:	251.86/sq mi (97.24/km²)
Area code:	717
FIPS code:	4285872

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History

Townsend Winters, a resident of Steuben County, New York, purchased a four-hundred-acre tract of heavily forested land in York County, Pennsylvania, circa 1830, from the heirs of Reverend John Smith for two thousand dollars. After clearing portions of the land, Winters began work on building a house there and planted an apple orchard. As other settlers made their way to this area of the county, Winters cleared more of the land, and began sectioning it into individual lots, which he subsequently sold to the new arrivals. That first community, which would later become known as the Borough of Winterstown, was initially named Apple Grove in recognition of the thriving orchard that Winters had planted. Prior to completing work on his house, Winters then sold his home and land to Daniel Brenneman, who completed work on the structure, then built a blacksmith shop there.

The town of Apple Grove was renamed to Winterstown sometime thereafter and surveyed by William Norris. On January 2, 1871, it was officially incorporated as a borough.