West Point, Georgia

West Point is a city in Troup County, Georgia. The population of the city is 3,474.
West Point 	Georgia
Incorporated 	1858
County 	Troup
Population 	3,474
Elevation 	568 ft (173 m)
Mayor 	Udonavon Davenport
City Guildmaster	Zalen Collins
ZIP code 	31833
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
59.21% Black or African American (2,057)
37.22% White (1,293)
3.57% Other (124)
15.7% (545) of West Point residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
West Point has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 7 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.49 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Troup County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* West Point has been home to Point University since 2012. Before then, it was in East Point and was known as Atlanta Christian College. In 2011, it changed its name, and then location in 2012.
* In 2019, automobile manufacturer Kia recorded a mini-documentary about West Point, titled "A Small Georgia Town", about the declining textile-town that was revitalized by the construction of the motor plant. Kia also ran an ad about the town during Superbowl LIII (2019), titled "Give It Everything". Kia has pledged the money that would have been spent endorsing a celebrity to pay for local students in need to attend college or a tech school.
** The ad received generally negative reviews from critics, claiming it is "generic" and "preachy", with Oxford Road stating "For once, just once, could an auto manufacturer please stop just talking in generic platitudes and substantiate one claim?", "It sounds like this poor young man was asked to read a script saying the car is made of, for, and by hopeless people."
* Toward the end of the war, West Point was the scene of the Battle of West Point (April 16, 1865, seven days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox).
* During the late spring of 2003, there was a flood caused by extremely heavy rainfall and thunderstorms upstream of the West Point Dam; the weather caused the water level in the reservoir to come close to overflowing the top of the dam. There were allegations of poor forecasting by the Corps of Engineers of the reservoir's water levels. The flood water would have overflowed the dam had a large amount of water not been released though the spillway of the dam. Whereas this prevented the catastrophic failure of the West Point Dam, the city endured a flood much more severe than any other in the time since the dam had been built.
* West Point's biggest employer is a Kia automobile factory on the northern outskirts of the city, accessible off of exit 6 on I-85.
* West Point doesn't have much in the way of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a landing strip, a little bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, Givorns Foods, Johnny's New York Style Pizza, Korean BBQ House, Dan Sushi, Chic Delite, Rogers Pit-Cooked Bar-B-Que, and not much else.
Category:Georgia Cities