{"id":97661,"count":4,"description":"Reporting by Emily Lopez from her home in Yorktown, VA.\r\n\r\nYorktown is a small river community in York County off the Chesapeake Bay. Its area is nearly 23 square miles, but a good portion of the land is National Park Service property preserving Revolutionary War sites. Yorktown has turned into a quaint tourist destination related to nearby Colonial Williamsburg. Its Revolutionary War-era houses, original cannon balls, and reconstructed redoubts maintain a colonial feel for locals and tourists alike. Most residents work in neighboring areas like Newport News and Williamsburg. Just outside Yorktown, a very small residential community, Temple Farms, borders the York River and Park Service property. There, people are often seen in their yards or gardens, taking walks or bike rides, and many stay busy with monthly book clubs and small businesses. Since the neighborhood is confined geographically and unable to expand, the community has remained close as neighbors continue to age together.\u00a0 Although COVID-19 has not directly affected anyone within the community, many are all still coping with its effects and finding ways to connect, six feet apart.\u00a0","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/category\/yorktown-va\/","name":"Yorktown, VA","slug":"yorktown-va","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/97661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=97661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}