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Southwest of Charlotte, York county is home the Museum of York County, which possesses the largest displays of African animals and arts in the Southeast; the Charlotte Knights Triple A baseball team; Winthrop University; and York Technical College. Two battles were fought in this area during the Revolutionary War, Williamson's Plantation (July 12, 1780) and Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780); the latter battle was a major victory for the Americans. Small-scale cotton farming was prevalent in the county in the nineteenth century, but textile mills became important in the twentieth century, contributing to the growth of the county's largest city, Rock Hill. Some well-known natives of York County are Revolutionary leader Colonel William Bratton (1742-1815) and writer Dori Sanders. County population: 212,500. Median household income: $57,000. Per capita income: $26,950.
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