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We would like to provide the residents of  Yorktown  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Yorktown Home page. The Yorktown Home page provides as much information as possible on Yorktown. Knowing Yorktown’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Yorktown’s Home page, you will also find Yorktown’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Yorktown has a population of 286. 44.4% of Yorktown’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.6 are female. 51.3% of Yorktown is married and 63.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $518,720, and the average rent is $1,052. Household median income in Yorktown is $84,306, and the individual median income is $39,712. Yorktown’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%).


Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown's population was 195 as of the 2010 census, while York County's population was 66,134 in the 2011 census estimate. The town is most famous as the site of the siege and subsequent surrender of General Charles Cornwallis to General George Washington and the French Fleet during the American Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781.


Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown effectively ended the war in North America. Yorktown also figured prominently in the American Civil War (1861–1865), serving as a major port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time. Yorktown is one of three sites of the Historic Triangle, which also includes Jamestown and Williamsburg as important colonial-era settlements.


It is the eastern terminus of the Colonial Parkway connecting these locations. Yorktown is also the eastern terminus of the TransAmerica Trail, a bicycle touring route created by the Adventure Cycling Association. One of Yorktown's historic sister cities is Zweibrücken in Germany, based on participation of a unit from there during the American Revolutionary War.


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