West Point Map
West Point is a city in and the county seat of Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was only 3,459 in the 2022 United States Census.
West Point was first founded in the spring of 1857, when Omaha businessmen formed the Nebraska Settlement Association in order to find suitable townsites in the Elkhorn Valley. Uriah, John, and Andrew Bruner (three brothers, originally from Pennsylvania), and William Sexauer chose the present location on a bend along a river, which they called New Philadelphia. The name was soon changed to West Point because it was the westernmost outpost along the valley.
West Point became the county seat of Cuming County on October 12, 1858 after winning the election over the community of DeWitt. A total of 19 votes were split between the two towns with West Point obtaining 12 votes. By the spring of 1859, over 4,000 Pawnee natives flooded the Elkhorn Valley during a hunting excursion and, displeased to find white settlers in the valley, burned several homesteads and killed livestock. The so-called Pawnee War ended near Battle Creek without a fight.
West Point, Nebraska is also the hometown to Tim Walz, the 2024 vice presidential candidate for the democratic party and the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019.
Nearby cities include Snyder, Dodge, Scribner, Oakland, Uehling.