Luciana Haughwout (R) Sergio Esposito (R) Yorktown is a town on the northern border of Westchester County, New York, United States.

A suburb of the New York City metropolitan area, it is approximately 38 miles (61 km) north of midtown Manhattan.

The first Croton Dam was located in Yorktown and broke in 1842, causing significant damage to property and major loss of life.

Several of the soldiers were killed, including the regiment's commander, Colonel Christopher Greene, on May 14, 1781, at the Battle of Pine's Bridge in Croton Heights.

[citation needed] Major John André, a British officer who communicated with Benedict Arnold, ate his final breakfast at the Underhill House at 370 Underhill Avenue on Hanover Street just before his capture and eventual hanging as a spy.

[citation needed] Although rumors claim that George Washington passed through Yorktown, no factual records confirm this.

[citation needed] A Bicentennial Committee in 1988 reviewed the town's remaining historic sites and determined which should be preserved.

For the 2010 census, the results showed 87.9% White, 3.3% African-American, 0.1% American Indian, 4.7% Asian, 9.4% Latino.

[10] Some of Yorktown's multiple ethnic groups, nationalities and religious communities are, for example, Italians, Mexicans and American Jews.

It determines policy and is the branch of government that appropriates funds for governmental functions and services.

The town is made up of five business hamlets: Mohegan Lake, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Crompond, and Yorktown Heights, and twelve historical residential neighborhoods each with their own unique character and identity.

The Croton-Harmon School District encompasses parts of the towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown, and Ossining and includes the village of Croton-on-Hudson.

[13] The main site of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center is located in the Kitchawan part of Yorktown.

One of the New York Central stations was restored and today serves as the centerpiece of a small town park.