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

Beaver Dam Creek

Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2011

1. Beaver Dam Creek Marker

Inscription. This sluggish and marshy headwater of the Warwick River generally divided the French and American encampments. Although both forces were under Washington, separate unit organization was respected and preserved through the siege.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 37° 12.172′ N, 76° 31.202′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It is on Battlefield Tour Road 1.3 miles west of Surrender Road (Virginia Route 634), on the left when traveling west. Marker is located in the American Encampment Area of the Yorktown Battlefield. 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,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

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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: Headquarters Site of Henry Knox (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Headquarters Site of the Quartermaster General (approx. 0.4 miles away); French Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); The Adjutant General (approx. half a mile away); French Artillery Park (approx. half a mile away); French Artillery Park (approx. half a mile away); Comte de Rochambeau (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wynne's Mill (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Also see . . . Yorktown National Battlefield. (Submitted on December 5, 2012.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2011

2. Beaver Dam Creek Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,141 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.