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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All labels observed (8)

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

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 ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ surface form: Comte de Rochambeau George Washington ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia colonial government
foundedIn	1691 ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
governedBy	York County government ⓘ
hasAttraction	Historic Yorktown waterfront ⓘ Yorktown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yorktown Battlefield Yorktown Victory Monument ⓘ
hasCommemoration	annual Yorktown Day observances ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: National Historic Landmark District
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 ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads region Virginia ⓘ York County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedNear	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
locatedOn	York River ⓘ
namedAfter	York, England ⓘ
nearbyMilitaryInstallation	Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ⓘ
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Historic Triangle of Virginia
preservedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. 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 ⓘ surface form: Siege of Yorktown (1781)
tourismType	heritage tourism ⓘ
transportation	Colonial Parkway ⓘ

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Siege of Yorktown → location → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Siege of Yorktown → commemoratedBy → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown Battlefield

Fort Eustis, Virginia → locatedNear → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Williamsburg → near → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown → hasAttraction → Yorktown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown Battlefield

musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda → settingPlace → Yorktown ⓘ

subject surface form: Hamilton

Peninsula Campaign → keyCity → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

1st Marquess Cornwallis → surrenderedAt → Yorktown ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Coast Guard Officer Candidate School → previousLocation → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown, New York → namedAfter → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Virginia Peninsula → contains → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown Victory Monument → locatedIn → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown Victory Monument → significantEvent → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebrations

storming of Redoubt 9 → location → Yorktown ⓘ

subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Lafayette’s division → locationDuringYorktown → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Hamilton’s light infantry battalion → locationOfActivity → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Tidewater region → hasCity → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

British Army under Cornwallis → placeOfDefeat → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

British Army under Cornwallis → garrisonOrBase → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia (1781)

Colonial National Historical Park → nearestCity → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Colonial Williamsburg → hasNearbySite → Yorktown ⓘ

Army of the Peninsula → headquartersLocation → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Army of the Peninsula → garrison → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

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

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Historic Yorktown waterfront → locatedIn → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Historic Yorktown waterfront → partOf → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Historic Yorktown waterfront → partOf → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Yorktown

York County government → hasSeatIn → Yorktown ⓘ

York County government → servesCommunity → Yorktown ⓘ

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown → location → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Cyrus Griffin → placeOfDeath → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia, United States

York River → passesNear → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Colonial Parkway → connects → Yorktown ⓘ

Colonial Parkway → nearCity → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Tidewater Virginia → contains → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

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

subject surface form: Queen's Creek Cemetery

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Continental Army headquarters → hasPart → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown headquarters

Marine Corps Security Force Regiment → garrison → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Thomas Nelson Jr. → placeOfBirth → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Thomas Nelson Jr. → placeOfDeath → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Thomas Nelson Jr. → residence → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

U.S. Route 17 → passesThroughCity → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

York County, Virginia → seat → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

York County, Virginia → contains → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Jamestown Island → locatedNear → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown Battlefield → locatedIn → Yorktown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorktown, Virginia