Yorktown, Virginia Yorktown, Virginia Skyline of Yorktown, Virginia Location of Yorktown in Virginia Location of Yorktown in Virginia Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia, United States.
Yorktown's populace was 195 as of the 2010 census, while York County's populace was 66,134 in the 2011 census estimate.
Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown effectively ended the war.
Yorktown also figured prominently in the American Civil War (1861 1865), serving as a primary port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time.
One of Yorktown's historic sister metros/cities is Zweibrucken in Germany, based on participation of a unit from there amid the American Revolutionary War.
Yorktown, titled for the ancient town/city of York in Yorkshire, Northern England, was established in 1691 as a port on the York River for English colonists to export tobacco to Europe.
The attorney Thomas Ballard was the principal founder of the town/city along with Joseph Ring. It was called "York" until after the American Revolutionary War, when the name "Yorktown" came into common use. When waterways were critical to transportation, Yorktown was thought to occupy a strategic locale controlling upstream portions of the York River and its tributaries and their access to the Chesapeake Bay.
In his Notes on the State of Virginia presented in 1781 82, Thomas Jefferson noted that the York River at Yorktown "affords the best harbour in the state for vessels of the biggest size.
The populace dropped in Yorktown and other areas of the mostly non-urban peninsula after the state's capital was relocated from Williamsburg to Richmond on the James River, attracting more evolution there.
During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War (1861 1865), the town was captured by the Union following the Siege and Battle of Yorktown.
During World War I, to support Atlantic defenses, the federal government in 1918 acquired about 13,000 acres (53 km2) for evolution by the US Navy as Mine Depot, Yorktown.
United States Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown serves as a training school for the United States Coast Guard.
Also mostly close to Yorktown are Camp Peary (in York County), the Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding yards and facilities, and Fort Eustis Army base (both in Newport News).
Yorktown has diverse areas.
Yorktown Village or Historic Yorktown is positioned close to the York River, near the George P.
Historic Yorktown is comprised first of Water Street, a small strip along the beach of the river; it includes a several small restaurants, a park, a hotel, a pier, an antique shop.
The old court home, a several small shops, the Nelson House, and the Yorktown Monument are positioned along this road.
Monument at Yorktown, celebrating victory in the American Revolutionary War.
Yorktown and the close-by area are momentous to the early history of the United States.
Colonial National Historical Park, which includes and preserves Yorktown National Battlefield and Yorktown National Cemetery, is positioned on the outskirts of town.
The Yorktown Victory Monument commemorating the victory, the alliance with France that brought it about, and the resulting peace with Great Britain after the war - is positioned just outside the current town.
Hansen. A memorial to the French war dead of the Yorktown campaign is being prepared for assembly at the French cemetery on the site of the battle. Little of the recent residentiary or company development of York County has occurred close to Yorktown.
Federally, Yorktown is part of Virginia's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Rob Wittman, voted for in 2007.
Other papers available to inhabitants of the county include the Port Folio Weekly, the New Journal and Guide, and the Hampton Roads Business Journal. Hampton Roads Magazine is a bi-monthly county-wide magazine for Yorktown and the Hampton Roads area. Hampton Roads Times serves as an online periodical for all the Hampton Roads metros/cities and counties.
Yorktown is served by a range of airways broadcasts on the AM and FM dials, with towers positioned around the Hampton Roads area. Yorktown is also served by a several tv stations.
Yorktown is served by Cox Cable which provides LNC 5, a small-town 24-hour cable news network.
Coleman Bridge to Gloucester Point, Virginia, viewed from Yorktown Beach.
Yorktown is served by commercial airports in Newport News and Norfolk, and by Amtrak stations in Newport News and Williamsburg.
"Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Celebrates 90 Years of Ordnance Support".
"Yorktown Victory Monument, (sculpture).".
Yorktown, Virginia Municipalities and communities of York County, Virginia, United States
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