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Springettsbury Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,058 at the 2010 census. The township takes its name from Springett Penn, grandson of Pennsylvania founder William Penn. Located east and northeast of the city of York, the township hosts the York Galleria shopping mall and a large Harley Davidson manufacturing plant.

Springettsbury Township was incorporated on April 20, 1891, formed from the northeast part of Spring Garden Township, which itself had separated from Hellam Township in 1822. Within Springettsbury, Diamond Silk Mill, East York Historic District, Pleasureville Historic District, and Strickler Family Farmhouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

While William Penn received a royal grant in 1681, rights to the land that became Springettsbury Township were purchased from local Native Americans in the early 1700s before it was settled. Original peoples of the area at this time included the Susquehannock/Conestoga. The "Treaty of 1736" acquired a clear title for Penn's heirs to the lands west of the Susquehanna River. Prior to this, Governor William Keith had held council with the native people on June 16, 1722. First identified as including , the land was marked as the "Manor of Springettsbury" and included dense forests of oak, chestnut, walnut, hickory, poplar, and ash trees. By 1739, Springettsbury Manor was encompassed by the founding of Hellam Township, and on August 19, 1749, York County was formed from what was the western part of Lancaster County. After a southern border dispute with Maryland was resolved, a re survey in the 1760s found that the manor contained .

During the Revolutionary War, Camp Security operated in Springettsbury (then part of Hellam) Township from 1781 to the war's end in 1783, and held prisoners from the Battles of Saratoga in New York and later those from the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia. Located just east of the current Penn Oaks development, the camp housed 1,500 prisoners, Continental Army guards, and their families. The first prisoners arrived from an overcrowded stockade in Charlottesville, Virginia, years after their 1777 capture, and were obliged to build their own stockade and huts, as well as guard shacks for their captors. The poor accommodations and shortages of food, clothing, and medicine contributed to the spread of disease such that hundreds died and were buried in mostly unmarked graves nearby. Yorktown prisoners arrived in 1782 and Camp Indulgence was built nearby, outside the stockade, with similar huts but with less security and easier parole for about 600 residents (non commissioned officers and some women and children). An archeological dig found Camp Security's stockade post holes in October 2022, and work to uncover more remains of the site continued in 2023.

Spring Garden Township, which then included the Springettsbury land, was formed out of the southwestern part of Hellam Township in 1822. By the 1900 census, the new township had a population of 1,783. with hourly service via tracks along East Market Street (later designated part of the Lincoln Highway and US 30; now Route 462). Service to Wrightsville ended in 1932 (or 1933)

Other historic subdivisions in the township, and their years of development, include Fayfield (c. 1937 – c. 1986), Haines Acres (800 acres, 1954–1973), and Yorkshire. The York Suburban School District includes students from all of these neighborhoods and East York. until its closure in the 1990s, when the company continued operating a comparatively smaller parts distribution center. The headquarters and distribution center of the former McCrory Stores chain was in Springettsbury Township from 1963. Founded in 1882, the stores filed for bankruptcy in 1992 and 2001, and the company ceased operation in early 2002.

The vacant former Caterpillar facility was acquired by a joint venture in 2002 for $9 million and received $50 million in redevelopment investments as the "York Business Center" before being sold at a profit in 2008. Primary tenants at that time included RR Donnelley and Bon Ton Stores. In late 2016, Post Consumer Brands filed plans to move into a newly built logistics center within the Harley Davidson campus off Eden Road in the township. Expected to generate 70 jobs, Post was to occupy about 80 percent of the building, likely by January 2017, with the remainder available for lease by Post or other tenants. To be used for dry cereal storage, the warehouse has over 60 docks for shipping and receiving. Its builder declared the center's construction complete on January 23, 2017. Bon Ton Stores employed 332 workers at its Springettsbury Township headquarters as of April 2018 before the department store chain closed in August 2018. Hollywood Casino York opened in Springettsbury Township in August 2021. The casino has over 500 video poker and slot machines, a full service restaurant, and Pennsylvania's first retail Barstool Sportsbook location.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.7 square miles (43.4 km2), all land. Its western and northwestern boundaries (with Manchester and East Manchester Townships) are adjacent to Codorus Creek and its southwestern boundary (with Spring Garden Township) is along Mill Creek. Springettsbury Township's southeastern border is with York and Windsor Townships and its northeastward facing border is with Hellam Township. The township includes the census designated places of Pleasureville, East York, Yorklyn, and Stonybrook.

As of the census of 2020, there were 27,058 people residing in the township. The population density was The racial makeup of the township was 77.7% white, 8.3% black or African American, 4.1% Asian, 1.3% Native American, and 8.6% from other races. 9.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

As of the census A Tax Collector and three Township Auditors are also elected by township voters at large to six year terms. A chairman and vice chairman are appointed among the Board of Supervisors. Public meetings are regularly held at 7:00 p. m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the municipal complex at 1501 Mount Zion Road; exceptions are in June, July, and August (fourth Thursday only); November (third Wednesday only); and December (second Thursday only).

Springettsbury Township has been served historically by two volunteer fire companies: Commonwealth Fire Co. and Springetts Fire Co., both dating from the mid 1920s; The township's government maintains an active parks and recreation program, as well as a police force, both since 1958.

In January 1924, after a fire in the village of Pleasureville was put out via bucket brigade, a group of citizens met to discuss organization of a fire company. A committee was established and met on March 18, 1924, electing officers. Within two months, they had their first truck, and they dedicated their first firehouse on October 18, 1924. A second truck was added in 1942, a Ladies Auxiliary in 1949, and dining/social halls (each ) in 1952. Later additions included a pumper and two more firehouse bays in 1957; 24 hour/day, paid drivers in 1959; a pumper in 1965; and a rescue truck by 1969. In late 1969, plans began for a new firehouse, and of land along Sherman Street was purchased in March 1970. Building construction began in the second quarter of 1972, and the apparatus moved to the new building in May 1973. On July 10, 2013, ground was broken for the third location of a fire and EMS station in the eastern part of the township, to replace one built in 1958. At a cost of $3.8 million, the new 4 bay station opened in 2014 at 50 Commons Drive, an equally new road between Eastern Boulevard and East Market Street. The former property at 3013 Market Street was sold to a developer and its building torn down in 2015 for construction of a "Firehouse Shoppes" shopping center. On January 1, 2018, Manchester Township's fire services department officially merged with YAUFR after a gradual integration of services that began in 2010. In February 2019, YAUFR had three new Spartan replacement fire engines whose purchase began in 2017. The vehicles have touchscreen controls, backup cameras, and LED lighting, and their design was customized by the department. The new equipment joins two other front line fire engines, two ladder trucks, a heavy rescue vehicle, and two reserve engines.

The township Board of Supervisors resolved on February 6, 1958, to create a Park and Recreation Board. Its first Supervisor of Recreation was R. Bruce Bainbridge, who was still serving as of the township's 100th anniversary in 1991. The original parks in 1958 were at Pleasureville, Yorkshire, East York, and Hiestand; there were 13 park locations by 1983 and 16 in 1991. The current park and recreation board has seven members with staggered four year terms; they meet monthly except August and December. Most of the township parks include picnic shelters, grills, basketball courts, and playground areas.

The Springettsbury Township Police Department was established on February 9, 1958, with one police chief, one patrolman, and one police car. By 1991, the department had grown to 25 full time officers, including 17 patrolmen. In late 2015, the department joined others across the U. S. and opened "safe zones" at its station where online sales may be completed, such as with the exchange of items or money.

Springettsbury Township is represented by a state senator from District 48. The township's local districts 02, 03, and 07 are within state house District 47; township districts 01, 04, 05, 06, and 08 are part of state house District 94. In January 2019, Springettsbury joined northwestern York County, Dauphin County and eastern Cumberland County, which are served by a U. S. House representative elected to a redrawn 10th congressional district. Its southern and western boundaries were modified again for January 2023.

Public education in the township began with small schoolhouses, some with only one room. Seven such schools were: Miller's, Stony Brook, Witmer's, Glades, Mount Zion, Pleasureville, and Lefever's; this last of which was torn down in 1912 and the Hiestand School built near Haines Road and Eastern Boulevard. Originally a two room school, Hiestand was doubled to four rooms in 1927 and had six rooms by 1937. In 1946, the township's Independent School District had a budget of $45,000 with five one room schools; the Pleasureville school had four rooms. The Hiestand School and others from that district merged with the York Suburban School District when it was formed in 1955. The other schools in the township had become part of the Central Joint School District (now Central York) in 1952. Springettsbury Township School's opening in September 1952 resulted in closure of all the one room schools; one of them, Witmer's School, had never received electricity service. Springettsbury Township School stopped enrolling new students in 1977, and the building was subsequently used by the York Technical School before being sold to the township for expansion of an adjacent park. The Hiestand School was closed in June 1978 for financial reasons and declining enrollment, and has been used by various community organizations. Pleasureville Elementary School closed in 1982.