Yorktown
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Yorktown may refer to:
- Yorktown, VirginiaYorktown, VirginiaYorktown 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 YorktownSiege of YorktownThe 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 YorktownNaval Weapons Station YorktownNaval 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
- Siege of Yorktown
- Yorktown, IllinoisYorktown, IllinoisYorktown is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Yorktown is located on Illinois Route 92 southwest of Tampico....
- Yorktown, IndianaYorktown, IndianaYorktown 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, IowaYorktown, IowaYorktown 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 YorkYorktown, New YorkYorktown 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, PennsylvaniaYorktown, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaYorktown is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia. It is located north of Poplar and west of Ludlow....
, a neighborhood of the city - Yorktown, TexasYorktown, TexasYorktown 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 YorktownUSS YorktownUSS 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