York River (Virginia)
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The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately 34 miles long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. It ranges in width from 1 mile at its head to 2.5 miles near its mouth on the west side of
York River at Yorktown, ca. 1903
The confluence of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers in West Point, the site which marks the beginning of the York River
The banks of the York near Yorktown
The George P. Coleman Bridge
Yorktown, Virginia
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Yorktown is a town in York County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown's population was 221 as
York River (Virginia)
…of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers. It drains into the Chesapeake Bay towards the southeast, entering the bay approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Yorktown, which sits along its southern shore. U.S. Highway 17 crosses the estuary from Yorktown to Gloucester Point on the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge…
Yorktown customhouse, May 2011
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781 depicted in a painting by John Trumbull
The Somerwell House (c.1700) on Main Street.
This monument at Yorktown celebrating victory in the American Revolutionary War was erected in 1884. It has a total height of 29.87 metres (98 ft)