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York County

county in Virginia, United States

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Country: United States
State: Virginia
Named after: York
Seat: Yorktown
Largest community: Grafton
Total: 215 sq mi (560 km )
Land: 105 sq mi (270 km )
Water: 110 sq mi (280 km ) 51.3%
Estimate 2025: 71,374
Density: 667/sq mi (258/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 1st
Website: www .yorkcounty .gov

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York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 70,045. The county seat is the unincorporated town of Yorktown.

Located on the north side of the Virginia Peninsula, with the York River as its northern border, York County is included in the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.