About United States Military Academy West Point

West Point is the oldest each time occupied military state in the United States. Located on the Hudson River in New York, West Point was identified by General George Washington as the most important strategic approach in America during the American Revolution. Until January 1778, West Point was not occupied by the military. On January 27, 1778, Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons and his brigade crossed the ice on the Hudson River and climbed to the plain on West Point and from that morning to the present, West Point has been occupied by the United States Army. It comprises nearly 16,000 acres (6,500 ha) including the campus of the United States Military Academy, which is commonly called “West Point”.

It is a Census Designated Place (CDP) located in the Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, located on the western bank of the Hudson River. The population was 6,763 at the 2010 census. It is allocation of the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area as with ease as the larger New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area.