Tides & Towns
Virginia Rivers · VA

West Point

A mill town where two rivers make the York.

Population
3,414 (2020 census)
Port of entry
1691
Crab Carnival
Every October since 1983

Then

  1. Before 1600s

    The Mattaponi village of Cinquoteck stands on the point.

  2. 1691

    The General Assembly charters West Point as a port of entry on the York.

  3. 1861

    The Richmond and York River Railroad reaches the port.

  4. 1914

    A pulp and paper mill opens and becomes the town's mainstay.

Now

The Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers meet here to form the York. The paper mill still runs, and the Crab Carnival fills the first weekend of October.

4 tide stations around West Point

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