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We found twenty communities that are also named Yorktown.
Within Arkansas, the name Yorktown is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Gwinnett County
This Yorktown is located in Gwinnett County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the east of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Yorktown.
Illinois
Bureau County
This Yorktown is located in Bureau County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the north of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Yorktown.
Indiana
Delaware County
This Yorktown is located in Delaware County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Yorktown.
Iowa
Page County
This Yorktown is located in Page County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Yorktown.
Kansas
Lincoln County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Yorktown [Lincoln County].
Kentucky
Clark County
This Yorktown is located in Clark County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Yorktown.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Yorktown.
Baltimore County
This Yorktown is located in Baltimore County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km] to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Yorktown.
Minnesota
Hennepin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Yorktown [Hennepin County].
Missouri
Atchison County
Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Yorktown.
New Jersey
Salem County
This Yorktown is located in Salem County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Yorktown.
New York
Westchester County
This Yorktown is located in Westchester County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Yorktown.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Yorktown is located in Forsyth County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Yorktown.
North Dakota
Dickey County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Yorktown [Dickey County].
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
This Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Yorktown.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
This Yorktown is located in Philadelphia County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Yorktown.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Yorktown is located in Rutherford County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Yorktown.
Williamson County
This Yorktown is located in Williamson County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Yorktown.
Texas
DeWitt County
This Yorktown is located in DeWitt County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeWitt County community of Yorktown.
Virginia
York County
This Yorktown is located in York County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Lincoln County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Yorktown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yorktown ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Yorktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yorktown and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Yorktown to Little Rock, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,454 miles [11,996.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,330 miles [8,577.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yorktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Yorktown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Yorktown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yorktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0209, Longitude: -91.8168 In this case, the coordinates for Yorktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.824 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.004 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.293 degrees.