The Oldest Dividend Paying Stocks in America – Part 2 July 11, 2009

By Robert Hauver

Which of these companies has the safest dividend?  This is a question with many answers.

York Water, (YORW), holds the record for consecutive dividends, having paid 553 consecutive dividends during the 193 years since it was founded in 1816. Their record is certainly impressive and offers some safety.  Here’s how they fare in their peers in the broad utility group:

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