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Welcome to Yorktown Heights ...

Yorktown Heights is located in Westchester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yorktown Heights, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

A typical abbreviation for Yorktown Heights: Yorktown Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Yorktown Heights is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Yorktown Heights: 914

The ZIP code for Yorktown Heights: 10598<3>

Websites for Yorktown Heights ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.westchester.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Yorktown Heights, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Yorktown Heights ...

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

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 Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yorktown Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yorktown Heights. 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 Heights.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yorktown Heights ...

Looking for more information about Yorktown Heights? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Yorktown Heights, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Yorktown Heights.

Adding Yorktown Heights to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yorktown Heights in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Yorktown Heights was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Yorktown Heights post office opened in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yorktown Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Westchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yorktown Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Yorktown Heights). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Yorktown Heights or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/