Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. Previously known as Point Comfort, it lies at the extreme tip of the Virginia Peninsula at the mouth of Hampton Roads in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Cape Comfort”, “Old Point”, “Point Comfort”, and “Pointe Comfort”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Casemate Museum and Old Point Light.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use.
Quarters 1
Historic building
Photo: Amandajollota, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Phoebus
Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 2 miles northwest of Old Point Comfort.
Old Point Comfort
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and landform
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Old Point Comfort” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Old Point Comfort”
- Dutch: “Old Point Comfort”
- French: “Old Point Comfort”
- Hebrew: “אולד פוינט קומפורט”
- Irish: “Old Point Comfort”
- Italian: “Old Point Comfort”
- Japanese: “オールド・ポイント・コンフォート”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Monroe National Monument and Old Point Comfort Marina.
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