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Yorktown

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Yorktown, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 0° 43' 32.0197116", -° 0' 0"
 
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     Founded 1848 as way station on old Indianola Trail. Chartered August 2, 1854. Incorporated 1871. San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad reached here 1886. Town's first school organized 1853. Prospered as center of farming and ranching; later, of oil and gas. Pioneer strains are German, American, Pole, Czech, Spaniard, Mexican, Negro.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Yorktown Historical Marker Location Map, Texas