York County was one of just three counties in the nation that put Donald Trump over the top in his bid for the White House.

At least that is the conclusion reached by The Cook Political Report, a non-partisan political newsletter that analyzes political races.

In an article posted last week, the report runs down what it calls "56 Interesting Facts About the 2016 Election."

Fact No. 2? "Just three counties – Macomb County, MI; York County, PA and Waukesha County, WI – elected Donald Trump. If those three counties had cast zero votes, Trump would have lost all three states and the election."

The article does not elaborate on the methodology used for such a conclusion, but Fact No. 1 points out that those three counties are in the same states credited with determining the election. And Trump's narrow margin of victory in Pennsylvania -- just 44,307 votes, or 0.7 of a point -- was more than covered by his 60,004 margin of victory in York County.

Since the election, other national media have also looked to York County, with its mix of manufacturing, service and agricultural jobs and slow-but-steady economy, as a place to find answers about Trump's win.

NPR revisits 2008 York voters after 2016 election

NPR has conducted a series of interviews with York County voters since 2008 as part of The York Project. Earlier this month, the radio news program caught up with voters who had shared their views ahead of President Obama's first White House victory.

On Thanksgiving Day, an NBC Nightly News segment featured interviews with voters at York's Central Market. Why York? Because the county is overwhelmingly Republican, with a bit of a Democratic stronghold in the city itself, NBC News correspondent Harry Smith said during the segment.

Trump himself, however, has not publicly recognized the role that The Cook Political Report assigns to York County. His national thank-you tour has skirted close to York, but he has not actually stepped foot here, as a candidate or as president-elect.