West Point, Pennsylvania

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West Point, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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West Point
Coordinates: 40°12′24″N75°17′58″W / 40.20667°N 75.29944°W / 40.20667; -75.29944
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Montgomery
Township Upper Gwynedd
Elevation
328 ft (100 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
19486
Area code(s) 215, 267 and 445
GNIS feature ID1191096 [1]

West Point is an unincorporated community in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Zacharias Creek starts here and flows west into the Skippack Creek, a tributary of the Perkiomen Creek. Merck & Co. has a facility in West Point, which is split between the Lansdale and North Wales post offices with the ZIP codes of 19446 and 19454, respectively. It is part of the North Penn Valley region that is centered on the borough of Lansdale.

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References

  1. "West Point". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.