What is Yorktown, Virginia?
{{No sources|date=May 2020}} '''Yorktown''' is a place in [[Virginia]]. It is the county seat of [[York County, Virginia|York County]], though it only has 220 people living there. It is most known for the [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Battle of Yorktown]], between American/French troops under [[George Washington]] and [[Jean Rochambeau]], and British troops under [[Charles Cornwallis]]. The British lost the battle, and had to surrender. This led to the British giving up the American colonies. A battle in the [[American Civil War]] was also fought there and was won by the [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]]. Yorktown was named for the city of [[York]] in [[Yorkshire]], Northern [[England]]. It was founded in 1691. Today, it is [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]]. {{authority control}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Census-designated places in Virginia]] [[Category:County seats in Virginia]] [[Category:1690s establishments in Virginia]]