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.
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 installed in 1884. It has a total height of 29.87 metres (98 ft)
York County is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,045. The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown.
York County Courthouse
York Hall
The Coleman Bridge connects York County and neighboring Gloucester County