York County, Virginia

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York County, Virginia is a historic county on the Virginia Peninsula best known as the site of the decisive American Revolutionary War victory at Yorktown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borderedBy Gloucester County, Virginia
James City County, Virginia
linked to: James City County

Newport News, Virginia
Poquoson, Virginia
linked to: Poquoson

Williamsburg, Virginia
linked to: Williamsburg
contains Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
Port of York
U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown
York River State Park
Yorktown Battlefield
Yorktown National Cemetery
Yorktown Victory Monument
Yorktown, Virginia
linked to: Yorktown

segments of Colonial Parkway
country United States
economyIncludes defense-related employment
military installations
tourism
federalDistrict Virginia's 1st congressional district
governmentType county government
hasAttraction Riverwalk Landing in Yorktown
Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
hasCoastlineOn Chesapeake Bay
York River estuary
linked to: York River
hasEvent Siege of Yorktown (1781)
linked to: Siege of Yorktown
hasHistoricSettlement colonial-era port of Yorktown
hasHistoricSignificance associated with surrender of British General Charles Cornwallis
site of decisive American Revolutionary War victory in 1781
site of the Siege of Yorktown
hasMajorHighway Interstate 64
U.S. Route 17 NERFINISHED
Virginia State Route 199
isOneOf oldest counties in Virginia
original shires of Virginia Colony
locatedIn Hampton Roads
Virginia Peninsula
namedFor James, Duke of York
linked to: Duke of York
partOf Colonial National Historical Park
Commonwealth of Virginia
linked to: Virginia

Historic Triangle of Virginia
Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
York County–Poquoson Public Schools service area
seat Yorktown, Virginia
linked to: Yorktown
state Virginia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
traversedBy York River

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Yorktown locatedIn York County, Virginia
Virginia Peninsula contains York County, Virginia
Yorktown Victory Monument locatedIn York County, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia borderedBy York County, Virginia
Virginia's 1st congressional district contains York County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)
linked to: York County, Virginia
Southeastern Virginia hasCounty York County, Virginia
Interstate 64 in Virginia passesThrough York County, Virginia
Hampton borders York County, Virginia
Historic Yorktown waterfront county York County, Virginia
Queen's Creek Cemetery locatedIn York County, Virginia
James City County borderedBy York County, Virginia