Welcome to West Point ...So far, we found very little information about West Point. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added West Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with West Point, please Contact Us. West Point would have been located within present day Clark County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of West Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. A typical abbreviation for West Point: W. Point While the community is gone, the present day location for West Point is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where West Point was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from West Point, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not. The Area Codes where West Point was located: 702 & 725<4> Communities Also Named West Point ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named West Point - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Point. Communities near West Point ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Point.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Point. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Point. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Point. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Point. See our Newspapers Page for West Point. Adding West Point to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of West Point in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for West Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for West Point. Footnotes ...
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