Yorktown
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Yorktown may refer to:
  • Yorktown, Virginia
    Yorktown, Virginia
    Yorktown is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. The population was 220 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1634....

    • Siege of Yorktown
      Siege of Yorktown
      The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis...

      , a decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War
    • Siege of Yorktown (1862), a battle that was part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War
    • Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
      Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
      Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is a United States Navy base in York County, James City County, and Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia...

      , U.S. Navy facility
  • Yorktown, Illinois
    Yorktown, Illinois
    Yorktown is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Yorktown is located on Illinois Route 92 southwest of Tampico....

  • Yorktown, Indiana
    Yorktown, Indiana
    Yorktown is a town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. The population was 9,405 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Yorktown, Iowa
    Yorktown, Iowa
    Yorktown is a city in Page County, Iowa, United States. The population was 82 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Yorktown is located at . It lies 1½ hours' driving time from Omaha, 2½ hours from Des Moines, and 3 hours from Kansas City...

  • Yorktown, New Jersey
  • Yorktown, New York
    Yorktown, New York
    Yorktown is a town in Westchester County, New York, in the suburbs of New York about north of midtown Manhattan. The town lies on the north border of Westchester County...

  • Yorktown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Yorktown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Yorktown is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia. It is located north of Poplar and west of Ludlow....

    , a neighborhood of the city
  • Yorktown, Texas
    Yorktown, Texas
    Yorktown is a city in DeWitt County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Yorktown is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • USS Yorktown
    USS Yorktown
    USS Yorktown may refer to one of many real-world or fictional vessels:In the United States Navy:, a 16-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1840 , the lead Yorktown-class gunboat commissioned in 1889 , the lead Yorktown-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937 , an Essex-class aircraft carrier...

    , various ships with that name

See also

  • Yorktown High School (disambiguation)
  • Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
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