Yorktown in York county, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Yorktown’s Waterfront

Ships, Tobacco & Trade

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

1. Yorktown’s Waterfront Marker

Inscription. 18th century commerce moved by water whenever possible. Yorktown’s waterfront reflected this. Tobacco warehouses, ship’s chandleries, grogshops and wharves lined the waterfront … Among them passed the diverse array of merchants and sailors, planters and inspectors, travelers, laborers, and slaves who kept business moving briskly.

Erected by Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Notable Places • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 37° 14.14′ N, 76° 30.337′ W. Marker is in Yorktown in York county, Virginia. It is on Water Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located at the Yorktown Waterfront. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally,

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it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Remembering Ancestors (here, next to this marker); An Archer House (within shouting distance of this marker); York Under Siege 1781 (within shouting distance of this marker); Yorktown Waterfront (within shouting distance of this marker); Great Fire of 1814 (within shouting distance of this marker); Tobacco Inspection (within shouting distance of this marker); York “Under The Hill” (within shouting distance of this marker); Yorktown's Stormy Past (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Other markers no longer nearby. Pirates in Yorktown? (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater (was within shouting

Yorktown Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

2. Yorktown Marker

distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. Pictures on both sides of the marker depict colonial residents of Yorktown conducting business of the day. The bottom of the marker features a series of coins with the caption “Coins of many nations jingled in colonial pockets.” Among those pictured include “Bermuda Sixpence 1615 Famous ‘Hog Money,’ Mexico Silver 8 Reales 1762 Charles III of Spain, 1678 New Jersey Half Penny Dublin Coinage, Ireland Copper 1722 and Prussia Silver Thaler 1754 Frederick the Great”

Also see . . . Yorktown Battlefield. National Park Service. (Submitted on September 2, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Yorktown Waterfront image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

3. Yorktown Waterfront

This photo was taken from in front of the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,454 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.