York County, Virginia

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administrative division county

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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Label Occurrences
York County, Virginia canonical 11
York County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
James City County ⓘ
surface form: James City County, Virginia

Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
Poquoson ⓘ
surface form: Poquoson, Virginia

Williamsburg ⓘ
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
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 ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

segments of Colonial Parkway ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economyIncludes defense-related employment ⓘ
military installations ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
federalDistrict Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasAttraction Historic Yorktown waterfront ⓘ
surface form: Riverwalk Landing in Yorktown

Yorktown Battlefield ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
hasCoastlineOn Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
York River ⓘ
surface form: York River estuary
hasEvent Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Yorktown (1781)
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 Duke of York ⓘ
surface form: James, Duke of York
partOf Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ
surface form: Historic Triangle of Virginia

Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area ⓘ
York County–Poquoson Public Schools service area ⓘ
seat Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia
state Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy York River ⓘ

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

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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: York County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting)
Southeastern Virginia → hasCounty → York County, Virginia ⓘ
Interstate 64 in parts of Virginia → passesThrough → York County, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Interstate 64 in Virginia
Hampton → borders → York County, Virginia ⓘ
Historic Yorktown waterfront → county → York County, Virginia ⓘ
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → York County, Virginia ⓘ
Queen's Creek Cemetery, York County, Virginia → locatedIn → York County, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Queen's Creek Cemetery
James City County → borderedBy → York County, Virginia ⓘ