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York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 census , the population was 70,045. [ 1 ] The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown .
Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, [3] one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown's population was 195 as of the 2010 census, while York County's population was 66,134 in the 2011 census estimate.
Location of York County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in York County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
ALFRED — The town’s Planning Board voted unanimously Monday, Oct 23, to declare the York County government’s application for a substance use recovery center complete and set a public hearing ...
York County government has released its annual report for the calendar year 2023. York County residents and those contemplating a visit or a move to Maine’s first and oldest county can find the ...
New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634: Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. However, in 1663, Northampton County was divided into two counties.
The name was changed to York County in 1642–43. The York River was known earlier as the Charles River, and its name was also changed about the same time. Poquoson grew as a close-knit rural community of York County for the next 300 years.
This 1897 image shows the death of Crispus Attucks in the Boston Massacre in 1770. About 160 years later – in 1931 - a new social, educational and recreational center for Black people in York ...