Yorktown Virginia Map

About Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown is a locality in York County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 128. The population density is 111.3 people per km². Yorktown is located at 37.2388°N, 76.5097°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23690.

Yorktown rests along the broad sweep of the York River, a place where the saltwater tang of the Chesapeake Bay begins to soften, mingling with the damp earth of the Virginia tidewater. It lies 11.1 miles east-south-east of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 101°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-north-west of Tabb. The land here is a gentle rise from the water's edge, a landscape of rolling fields that have long surrendered to the quiet persistence of trees, their branches often draped with Spanish moss that catches the afternoon light like spun silver. Along the riverfront, the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the distant cry of gulls and the low thrum of boat engines, a sound that has been the soundtrack to this place for centuries. The houses are often painted in muted colors, their porches wide enough to catch the evening breeze, and the streets, though quiet now, seem to hold the echo of hurried footsteps from a time when this was a bustling port. The very ground of Yorktown remembers the clamor of revolution, the decisive victory that secured a nation’s birth. Before that, it was a colonial port of some consequence, its economy once tied to the tobacco trade, ships crowding its docks, their holds filled with the fragrant leaf destined for distant shores. Today, that economic pulse beats more softly, its primary rhythm set by the steady flow of visitors drawn to its historical significance, to walk the hallowed grounds of the battlefield and the preserved colonial structures. The York River remains a vital artery, though its cargo now is largely pleasure craft and the occasional working vessel, its waters reflecting the changing skies, from the steely grey of an approaching storm to the soft, bruised purples of a summer dusk, a perpetual reminder of the layers of time that converge in this quiet corner of Virginia.

About This Yorktown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yorktown, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.238756, -76.509673. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Yorktown and York County.

Detailed location data for Yorktown includes the ZIP code (23690), telephone area code (757), county seat of York County (Yorktown), and school district assignment (York County Public Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Yorktown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.