Glen Rock is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,120 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area. In 1826, William Heathcote, the town's founder and a native of Cheshire, England, moved to Pennsylvania in 1826. In 1837, he purchased a farm, hoping to tap into the adjacent river's hydropower …Glen Rock is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,120 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area. In 1826, William Heathcote, the town's founder and a native of Cheshire, England, moved to Pennsylvania in 1826. In 1837, he purchased a farm, hoping to tap into the adjacent river's hydropower potential, and constructed a brick woolen mill on the ruins of an abandoned sawmill on his property, attracting mill workers and farmers to the area. Later that decade, the area received its own passenger train station, followed by a post office, church, iron foundry and machine shop in 1840s. In December 1843, Heathcote suggested that the town be named Glen Rock, taking inspiration from various lines from the poem Marmion.
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