Yorktown

Summary

Yorktown is a census-designated place in the United States^[1]. Yorktown ranks in the top 0.44% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (688 views/month, #42 of 9,562).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yorktown is located in York County^[3].
• Yorktown is in the country of United States^[4].
• Yorktown is on the body of water York River^[5].
• Yorktown's image is recorded as Yorktown customhouse.jpg^[6].
• Yorktown's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States^[7].
• Yorktown's instance of is recorded as county seat^[8].
• Yorktown's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zweibrücken^[9].
• Yorktown's twinned administrative body is recorded as Port-Vendres^[10].
• Yorktown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139144648591066779954^[11].
• Yorktown's GND ID is recorded as 4586341-6^[12].
• Yorktown's locator map image is recorded as VAMap-doton-Yorktown.PNG^[13].
• Yorktown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79046318^[14].
• Yorktown's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11974849t^[15].
• Yorktown's IdRef ID is recorded as 085804258^[16].
• Yorktown's postal code is recorded as 23690^[17].
• Yorktown's postal code is recorded as 23691^[18].
• Yorktown's postal code is recorded as 23692^[19].
• Yorktown's postal code is recorded as 23693^[20].
• Yorktown's Commons category is recorded as Yorktown, Virginia^[21].
• Yorktown's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 207074^[22].
• Yorktown's local dialing code is recorded as 757^[23].
• +1691-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yorktown^[24].
• Yorktown's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1500081^[25].
• Yorktown's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390553^[26].
• Yorktown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.2344, 'lon': -76.5097}^[27].

Body

Geography

Yorktown is in the country of United States^[4]. Yorktown is located in York County^[3]. Yorktown is on the body of water York River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.663869'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.664283'}^[29]. Yorktown's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+195'}^[31] and {'amount': '+221'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States^[7] and county seat^[8].

History and Context

+1691-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yorktown^[24].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yorktown include Siege of Yorktown^[33], a battle^[34], in United States^[35].

Why It Matters

Yorktown ranks in the top 0.44% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (688 views/month, #42 of 9,562).^[2] Yorktown has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Yorktown is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Yorktown include Siege of Yorktown^[33], a battle^[34], in United States^[35].