York Center, Ohio

York Center was originally just a post office site. The original post office was kept north of Bokes Creek. The post office was opened in about 1838 with T. Wilkins the first post master. The village was platted on 24, 1841. However, there was never much building on the village site until after 1860. At one time the village consisted of around 15 houses, a wagon shop, two stores, and a blacksmith shop. Today there is a large cemetery and a United Methodist Church located in York Center. There is also a quarry in the general vicinity.

The York Rural School District was first chartered in 1915. The school building was erected in 1915. A high school was chartered for this district in York Center in 1920. This school district arose from an earlier consolidation of an earlier York Center School and the Bokes Creek (Summersville) School. The York Rural School District was consolidated with the Byhalia School District in 1952. This consolidated school would eventually be consolidated with other schools in the northern section of Union County to for the North Union School District.