The York Water Company (YORW) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to $0.1495 per share in Q4 of 2014. York Water has paid an uninterrupted dividend since 1816, which is believed to be the longest record of consecutive dividends in the United States.

The dividend is payable January 15, 2015 to shareholders as of record date December 31, 2014.

The York Water Company is an investor-owned water utility, impounding, purifying and distributing water. The company provides its customers within York and Adams Counties (Pennsylvania) with water, wastewater, and related services. The Company is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and obtains its water supply from the south branch and east branch of the Codorus Creek. YORW has two reservoirs, Lake Williams and Lake Redman.