Headnote
YORK was one of the eight original counties into which Virginia was divided in 1634. Chesapeake Bay bounds it on the east, and York River on the NE. It is 30 miles long, with a mean width of 5 miles. Population in 1840, 4,720. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Virginia

York County, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
YORK was one of the eight original counties into which Virginia was divided in 1634. Chesapeake Bay bounds it on the east, and York River on the NE. It is 30 miles long, with a mean width of 5 miles. Population in 1840, 4,720.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 519.
Date Type
In York County, Virginia, Confederate troops repulse a Union attack at the Battle of Big Bethel Battles/Soldiers
Name Type
Yorktown, VA City or Town
How to Cite This Page: "York County, VA," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/21044.