NC Gazetteer

York County

A proposed place
On December 7, 1771, in the General Assembly, a bill for dividing the W part of Rowan County and erecting York County and St. James Parish was read for the second time and passed. Rejected on December 10 by the Council. Iredell County, which see, was created from W Rowan County in 1788. St. James Episcopal Church, in the S part of Iredell County, was est. about 1800.