Yorktown

E34349

historic town settlement town

Yorktown is a historic American town best known as the site of the decisive 1781 Revolutionary War battle that effectively ended British rule in the Thirteen Colonies.

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Label	Occurrences
Yorktown, Virginia	34
Yorktown canonical	9
Yorktown Battlefield	2
Historic Yorktown	1
Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebrations	1
Yorktown headquarters	1
Yorktown, Virginia (1781)	1
Yorktown, Virginia, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T254657 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yorktown
Context triple: [Virginia, hasHistoricSite, Yorktown]

A. Williamsburg
Williamsburg is a historic colonial city in Virginia renowned for its well-preserved 18th-century architecture and living-history museum, Colonial Williamsburg.
B. Manassas
Manassas is an independent city in Northern Virginia best known as the site of two major American Civil War battles and now a suburban community within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
C. Town of Yorktown
The Town of Yorktown is a suburban municipality in northern Westchester County, New York, known for its residential communities, parks, and reservoirs within the New York City watershed.
D. Lunenburg
Lunenburg is a small town in north-central Massachusetts known for its residential character and proximity to commuter rail service into the Boston area.
E. Liberty Tree
Liberty Tree was a famous elm in colonial Boston that became a central rallying point and emblem of resistance for American patriots leading up to the Revolutionary War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yorktown
Target entity description: Yorktown is a historic American town best known as the site of the decisive 1781 Revolutionary War battle that effectively ended British rule in the Thirteen Colonies.

A. Williamsburg
Williamsburg is a historic colonial city in Virginia renowned for its well-preserved 18th-century architecture and living-history museum, Colonial Williamsburg.
B. Manassas
Manassas is an independent city in Northern Virginia best known as the site of two major American Civil War battles and now a suburban community within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
C. Town of Yorktown
The Town of Yorktown is a suburban municipality in northern Westchester County, New York, known for its residential communities, parks, and reservoirs within the New York City watershed.
D. Lunenburg
Lunenburg is a small town in north-central Massachusetts known for its residential character and proximity to commuter rail service into the Boston area.
E. Liberty Tree
Liberty Tree was a famous elm in colonial Boston that became a central rallying point and emblem of resistance for American patriots leading up to the Revolutionary War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic town ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
associatedWith	Jamestown ⓘ Williamsburg ⓘ
battleDate	1781 ⓘ September 28 – October 19, 1781 ⓘ
category	American Revolutionary War sites ⓘ Populated places on the York River (Virginia) ⓘ
combatant	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ French Army ⓘ
commandedBy	Charles Cornwallis ⓘ Comte de Rochambeau ⓘ linked to: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau George Washington ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	Virginia colonial government ⓘ linked to: Colony and Dominion of Virginia
foundedIn	1691 ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
governedBy	York County government ⓘ
hasAttraction	Historic Yorktown waterfront ⓘ Yorktown Battlefield ⓘ linked to: Yorktown Yorktown Victory Monument ⓘ
hasCommemoration	annual Yorktown Day observances ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District ⓘ linked to: National Historic Landmark
historicalSignificance	effectively ended major military operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ paved way for Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
knownFor	Siege of Yorktown ⓘ decisive 1781 Revolutionary War battle ⓘ site of British surrender in American Revolutionary War ⓘ
locatedIn	Hampton Roads region ⓘ linked to: Hampton Roads Virginia ⓘ York County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedNear	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
locatedOn	York River ⓘ
namedAfter	York, England ⓘ
nearbyMilitaryInstallation	Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ⓘ
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ Historic Triangle of Virginia ⓘ linked to: Colonial National Historical Park
preservedBy	U.S. National Park Service ⓘ linked to: National Park Service
resultOfBattle	decisive American and French victory ⓘ surrender of British army under Cornwallis ⓘ
servedAs	county seat of York County, Virginia ⓘ port town ⓘ
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Siege of Yorktown (1781) ⓘ linked to: Siege of Yorktown
tourismType	heritage tourism ⓘ
transportation	Colonial Parkway ⓘ

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Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia → hasHistoricSite → Yorktown ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → hasPart → Yorktown ⓘ

Continental Artillery → associatedWith → Yorktown ⓘ

USS Yorktown (CV-5) → namesake → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Siege of Yorktown → location → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Siege of Yorktown → commemoratedBy → Yorktown Battlefield ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Fort Eustis, Virginia → locatedNear → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Williamsburg → near → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Yorktown → hasAttraction → Yorktown Battlefield ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Hamilton → settingPlace → Yorktown ⓘ

subject linked to: musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Peninsula Campaign → keyCity → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis → surrenderedAt → Yorktown ⓘ

subject linked to: 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Coast Guard Officer Candidate School → previousLocation → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Yorktown, New York → namedAfter → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Virginia Peninsula → contains → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Yorktown Victory Monument → locatedIn → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Yorktown Victory Monument → significantEvent → Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebrations ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Storming of Redoubt 9 → location → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

subject linked to: storming of Redoubt 9

linked to: Yorktown

Lafayette’s division → locationDuringYorktown → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Hamilton’s light infantry battalion → locationOfActivity → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Tidewater region → hasCity → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

British Army under Cornwallis → placeOfDefeat → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

British Army under Cornwallis → garrisonOrBase → Yorktown, Virginia (1781) ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Colonial National Historical Park → nearestCity → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Colonial Williamsburg → hasNearbySite → Yorktown ⓘ

Army of the Peninsula → headquartersLocation → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Army of the Peninsula → garrison → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

U.S. Bicycle Route 76 → easternTerminus → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Historic Yorktown waterfront → locatedIn → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Historic Yorktown waterfront → partOf → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Historic Yorktown waterfront → partOf → Historic Yorktown ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

York County government → hasSeatIn → Yorktown ⓘ

York County government → servesCommunity → Yorktown ⓘ

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown → location → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Cyrus Griffin → placeOfDeath → Yorktown, Virginia, United States ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

York River → passesNear → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Colonial Parkway → connects → Yorktown ⓘ

Colonial Parkway → nearCity → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Tidewater Virginia → contains → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Queen's Creek Cemetery → locatedIn → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

subject linked to: Queen's Creek Cemetery, York County, Virginia

linked to: Yorktown

Continental Army headquarters → hasPart → Yorktown headquarters ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Marine Corps Security Force Regiment → garrison → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Thomas Nelson Jr. → placeOfBirth → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Thomas Nelson Jr. → placeOfDeath → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Thomas Nelson Jr. → residence → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

U.S. Route 17 → passesThroughCity → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

York County, Virginia → seat → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

York County, Virginia → contains → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Jamestown Island → locatedNear → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

Yorktown Battlefield → locatedIn → Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ

linked to: Yorktown

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