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Gloucester Point

Gloucester Point is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 9,402 at the 2010 census. It is home to the College of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a graduate school for the study of oceanography.
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  • Type: Town with 9,430 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Gloucester Point, VA”, “Gloucester Point, Virginia”, “Gloucester Town”, “Tindalls Point”, and “Tyndalls Point”
  • Postal code: 23062

Places of Interest

Highlights include George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge and Watermen’s Museum.

Bridge
Photo: Pytheas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a double swing bridge that spans the between and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of .

Museum
The Watermen's Museum is a museum in . It documents the history of '', from pre-colonial to modern times. The Museum is located on Water Street and open to the public from April to December.

Monument
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a monument erected in in , , commemorating the 1781 victory at Yorktown and the alliance with that brought about the end of the American Revolution and the resulting peace with after the American Revolutionary War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crab and Yorktown.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , in the U. S. state of .

Village
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a town in , United States. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682.

Hamlet
Photo: Carmen Shields, CC BY 2.0.
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is located along U.S. Route 17, 1.5 miles north-northwest of Gloucester Point. is situated 1½ miles north of Gloucester Point.

Gloucester Point

Latitude
37.25404° or 37° 15′ 15″ north
Longitude
-76.4969° or 76° 29′ 49″ west
Population
9,430
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87957G33+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158552583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4761171
Wiki­data ID
Q1376743
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gloucester Point” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلوستر بوينت”
  • Basque: “Gloucester Point”
  • Catalan: “Gloucester Point”
  • Cebuano: “Gloucester Point”
  • Chechen: “Глостер-Пойнт”
  • Chinese: “Gloucester Point”
  • Chinese: “格洛斯特点”
  • Chinese: “格洛斯特點”
  • Dutch: “Gloucester Point”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جلوستر بوينت”
  • French: “Gloucester Point”
  • German: “Gloucester Point”
  • Gilaki: “گلاستر پؤینت (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “گلاستر پؤینت”
  • Irish: “Gloucester Point”
  • Italian: “Gloucester Point”
  • Ladin: “Gloucester Point”
  • Malagasy: “Gloucester Point, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Gloucester Point”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gloucester Point”
  • Persian: “گلاستر پوینت، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “گلاستر پوینت”
  • Polish: “Gloucester Point”
  • Portuguese: “Gloucester Point”
  • Serbian: “Глостер Поинт”
  • Serbian: “Глостер Појнт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gloucester Point, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gloucester Point”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قلاستر پوینت، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Gloucester Point”
  • Swedish: “Gloucester Point, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Gloucester Point”
  • Tatar: “Глостер-Пойнт”
  • Ukrainian: “Глостер-Пойнт”
  • Urdu: “گلوسٹر پوائنٹ، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “گلوسٹر پوائنٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Gloucester Point”
  • Uzbek: “Глоуcестер Поинт”
  • Volapük: “Gloucester Point”
  • Welsh: “Gloucester Point, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Gloucester Point”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gloucester Point”. Photo: Carmenshields, CC BY 3.0.