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West Point

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEVADA

A historical populated place in Clark County, Nevada, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
West Point
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Nevada
County
Clark County
USGS Map
Moapa West
Coordinates
36.6633047, -114.6499915
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GNIS Feature ID
851278

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

on Muddy River, near Moapa, N of river, about one mi W of RR (NV-T207/p98)

GNIS historical note

established in 1867, abandoned in 1870

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 851278. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:62,500-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known):

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.