York River (Virginia)

The Tue Marshes Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay north of Tue Point near the Goodwin Islands.

Maryus is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Maryus is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point. Maryus has a post office with ZIP code 23107.

The Perrin River is a 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) tidal river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is a small inlet on the north shore of the York River near that river's mouth at Chesapeake Bay.

Perrin is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.

Severn is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Severn is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Gloucester Point. Severn has a post office with ZIP code 23155.

Dandy is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia.

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 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. York County contains many tributaries of the York River. It shares land borders with the independent cities of Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton, and Poquoson, as well as James City County, and shares a border along the York River with Gloucester County. Formed in 1634 as Charles River Shire, one of the eight original shires (counties) of the Virginia Colony, and renamed York County in 1643, York County is one of the oldest counties in the United States. Yorktown is one of the three points of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia. It is the site of the last battle and surrender of British forces in 1781 at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, when the patriots gained independence from Great Britain. In modern times, several important U.S. military installations have been developed in the county. It also has miles of waterfront residential and recreational areas. York County adjoins the Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park and includes within its borders the affiliated Water Country USA water park, the Yorktown Riverfront area, Yorktown Battlefield and Visitor Center and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Yorktown is linked by the National Park Service's bucolic Colonial Parkway with Colonial Williamsburg and historic attractions at Jamestown, Virginia. Heritage tourism to the Historic Triangle draws international visitors and is a major economic activity for the county.

Achilles is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Achilles is located on Virginia State Route 216 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point. Achilles has a post office with ZIP code 23001.

Seaford is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. As of the 2010 Census, the Seaford postal area (ZIP Code 23696) had a population of 3,669.

Yorktown Refinery was an oil refinery in Virginia located alongside of the York River built in 1956. It is now used by Plains All American Pipeline LP as a rail and water oil terminal.The refinery used to be operated by Giant Industries and earlier operated by BP/Amoco. Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining in 2007. The refinery could run high TAN crude oil (crude oil with a high content of naphthenic acids). The refining operations were shut down in the fall of 2010 and the refinery was later demolished.

The Severn River is a 2-mile-long (3 km) tidal river in the United States state of Virginia. It is a tributary of Mobjack Bay, which is an arm of Chesapeake Bay.

Bena is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The community is located on Virginia State Route 216, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-northeast of Gloucester Point. Bena has a post office with ZIP code 23018. The historic Little England plantation house is in the area and Bena was home to the Little England Daffodil Farm.