Yorktown, Virginia

About Yorktown

Yorktown is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Virginia.

Officially, Yorktown is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.63 square miles.

📰 Yorktown News Today

• This High School Wouldn’t Fix Its Antisemitism Problem The Free Press · Aug 18
• News - TOPS Holds 100th Graduation DVIDS · Aug 17
• America's 250th isn't over. Here's why fall is a great time to visit Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown Yahoo Creators · Aug 16
• Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation williamsburgfamilies.com · Aug 17
• March to Yorktown Day in Westfield Celebrates Dedication of Washington-Rochambeau Trail Park TAPinto · Aug 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Yorktown Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Virginia — one of 688 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Yorktown

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Yorktown

• Bay Haven Grille — american
• Big Boo BBQ — barbecue
• Carrot Tree Kitchens
• Coastal Thirst — deli
• Dough Haus — pizza
• El Rey Tequila — mexican
• Gus's New York Pizza & Bar — pizza
• Main Moon — chinese
• Mystic Jamaica — jamaican
• Pizza Hut — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Aids to Navigation Museum · Museum
• American Revolution Museum at Yorktown · Museum
• Endview Plantation · Museum
• Lee Hall Mansion · Museum
• Lee Hall Train Depot · Museum
• Auntie M's American Cottage · Art gallery
• Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor · Museum
• Cornwallis' Cave · Attraction
• Discovery Center · Museum
• Museum on Main · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Yorktown

• Lee's Mill Lot 1 reviews ★
• Lee's Mill Lot 2 reviews ★
• Back Creek Park reviews ★
• Charles E Brown Park reviews ★
• Chisman Creek Park reviews ★
• Cornwallis Surrender Cave Park reviews ★
• Endview Plantation Historic Site reviews ★
• Gloucester Point Public Beach Fishing Pier & Picnic Area reviews ★
• Jenny Russell Giving Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Lee Hall Mansion reviews ★
• Lee Hall Roadside Park reviews ★
• Lee's Mill Neighborhood Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Yorktown

• Coventry Elementary
• Dare Elementary
• General Stanford Elementary
• Grafton High
• Grafton Middle
• Mount Vernon Elementary
• Seaford Elementary
• Tabb Elementary
• Tabb High
• Tabb Middle
• York High
• York River Academy
• Yorktown Elementary
• Yorktown Middle

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Yorktown

🏘️ Nearby Communities