Welcome to Yorktown ...The city of Yorktown is located Yorktown is located in DeWitt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Yorktown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Yorktown has a population of 2,068 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Yorktown is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Yorktown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Yorktown: 361 The ZIP code for Yorktown: 78164<4> Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Yorktown had an population of 2,068 people. This is a decrease of 1.15% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.94% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Yorktown had a population of 2,092 people (which is 10.43% of the total population of DeWitt County). This makes Yorktown the county's 3rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,092 people, the population of Yorktown decreased 7.88% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,271 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for 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, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yorktown. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yorktown. 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. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Yorktown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Yorktown. We originally found mention of Yorktown 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 was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Yorktown.
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