West Point
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census-designated place in the U.S. state of New York
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Orange
- Town
- Highlands
- Total
- 19.34 sq mi (50.08 km )
- Land
- 18.44 sq mi (47.75 km )
- Water
- 0.90 sq mi (2.33 km )
- Density
- 398.2/sq mi (153.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 10996–10997
- Fips code
- 36-80747
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- census-designated place in the United States
- Official name
- West Point Military Reservation
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Orange County
- Population
- 7341
- Area
- 53.484973
- Elevation
- 220
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Image
- Aerial view of West Point and Hudson River 02 - white balanced (9614194870).jpg
- Households
- 952
- Dialing code
- 845
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- Commons category
- West Point, New York
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Point, New York
- category for people born here
- Q58330142
- water as percent of area
- 4.3639
- native label
- West Point
- per capita income
- 23823
- P8168
- Cassin's Honeybird
- postal code
- 10997
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Encyclopedic overview
West Point is a census-designated place in Orange County, New York, United States. It is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.
Located on the Hudson River in New York, General George Washington stationed his headquarters in West Point in the summer and fall of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War, and later called it "the most important Post in America" in 1781 following the war's end. West Point was also the site of General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt at treason during the Revolutionary War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Point” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.