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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • Farm 1781 Yorktown Campaign Richmond Waters Creek Cape Henry Blandford Spencer's Ordinary Green Spring Francisco Chesapeake Yorktown The Village Cowpens...
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    de Rochambeau during their 14-week march from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia. French forces left Rhode Island in June 1781 and joined Washington's...
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    most of the Japanese bombers that attacked her. Together with the carrier Yorktown, she successfully attacked Japanese shipping off the east coast of New...
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    siege of Yorktown, then drew off the fleet of Thomas Graves in the Battle of the Chesapeake before providing the naval blockade of Yorktown that trapped...
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    third-largest municipality in northern Westchester County, after Cortlandt and Yorktown. The area was an early American industrial center, primarily for iron plow...
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