Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in...
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Yorktown is a town on the northern border of Westchester County, New York, United States. A suburb of the New York City metropolitan area, it is approximately...
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installations (Conn and Ledward Barracks), two housing areas (Askren Manor and Yorktown Village Housing Area), and two local training areas (Brönnhof or Area M) in...
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Yorktown Center is a shopping mall located in the village of Lombard, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The mall features JCPenney and Von...
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Yorktown is a town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,548 at the 2020 census. It is part of the...
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York County, Virginia (section Yorktown)
the population was 70,045. The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown. Located on the north side of the Virginia Peninsula, with the York River...
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approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Yorktown, which sits along its southern shore. U.S. Highway 17 crosses the estuary from Yorktown to Gloucester Point on the...
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such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. The community was mostly Protestant, in contrast to the nearby 220-house...
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Mohegan Lake, is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. There is a private lake...
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Greenburgh, New York (section Villages)
population was 95,397 at the time of the 2020 census. The town consists of 6 villages and an unincorporated area. Greenburgh developed along the Hudson River...
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Historic Triangle (section Yorktown)
points that form the triangle are Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown. They feature many restored attractions and are linked by the Colonial...
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towards Clinton in New York, then headed south to Virginia. The siege of Yorktown was a decisive victory by the combined forces of the Continental Army commanded...
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of Yorktown in October 1781. Major General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette commanded the light infantry division at the Siege of Yorktown, and...
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Revolutionary War. It directly led to the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown and helped secure the independence of the United States. After this action...
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(eliminated after the dessert) Nick Di Bona, Executive Chef, Peter Pratt's Inn, Yorktown Heights, NY (winner) Notes: Each basket contained ingredients commonly...
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Steve Katz (politician) (category People from Yorktown, New York)
dogs of the K-9 unit in his home town of Yorktown, as the town was facing a budget crisis. In addition to Yorktown, the 99th Assembly District Katz represents...
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British general Cornwallis was besieged by a Franco-American force in Yorktown in September and October 1781. Cornwallis was forced to surrender in October...
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Jefferson Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Yorktown, New York. Opened in 1983, it is anchored by Macy's and Dick's Sporting Goods. It is managed...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, and largely sponsored by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The museum complex features a reconstruction of a Powhatan village, the...
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Riverside Avenue) in the village of Croton-on-Hudson near the Hudson River. NY 129 then travels through the towns of Cortlandt and Yorktown, running along the...
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Sleepy Hollow, New York (category Villages in New York (state))
Hidden History in an American Ghost Story". American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau...
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surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. Cornwallis later served...
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Port Chester Southwest near I-287 Northeast near Rye Brook Yorktown Yorktown Heights Yorktown in Westchester County has the annual feast of San Gennaro...
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the early morning of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. They are widely considered to be the single most important event leading...
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Chesapeake Bay. The present-day city of Yorktown developed a few miles east of here. The Kiskiack had built permanent villages, made up of numerous long-houses...
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and Somers) Yorktown, containing no villages: (contains the CDPs of Crompond, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, Lake Mohegan, Shrub Oak and Yorktown Heights) (plus...
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attack Australian cities Battle of Midway At sea 4–7 June U.S. loses USS Yorktown; Japanese lose four aircraft carriers Battle of Pantelleria 15 June An...
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Washington, and helped secure American victory at the climactic Siege of Yorktown. After the Revolutionary War, Hamilton served as a delegate from New York...
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Brooklyn (redirect from Village of Brooklyn)
H. Stiles and P. Ross). Brooklyn Heights, or Clover Hill, is where the village of Brooklyn was founded in 1816; Flatlands: chartered as Nieuw Amersfoort...
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the struggling Americans. Stonewall National Monument, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, is the first U.S. national monument dedicated...
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