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Welcome to Yorktown ...

Yorktown is primarily located in Clark County<1>. A portion of Yorktown extends into Pike County.

Yorktown is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Yorktown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Yorktown and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Yorktown: 859

Communities Also Named Yorktown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Yorktown - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yorktown.

Communities near Yorktown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yorktown.

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Richmond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Nicholasville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Paris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Mount Sterling
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Millersburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • North Middletown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Columbus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Columbus is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Yorktown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yorktown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yorktown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yorktown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yorktown. See our Newspapers Page for Yorktown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yorktown ...

Looking for more information about Yorktown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Yorktown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Yorktown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yorktown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.