Old Point Comfort

Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of . Previously known as Point Comfort, it lies at the extreme tip of the Virginia Peninsula at the mouth of in the United States.
Wikipedia
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  • 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 Fort Monroe Lighthouse.

Museum
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Lighthouse
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Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the . It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use.

Historic building
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, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at , . 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.

Suburb
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is a former military installation in , at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the National Monument.

Suburb
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is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of , on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison , who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, was the name of the settlement now known as . 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. is situated 2 miles northwest of Old Point Comfort.

Old Point Comfort

Latitude
37.00019° or 37° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-76.31175° or 76° 18′ 42″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87952M2Q+37
Geo­Names ID
4777226
Wiki­data ID
Q3881525
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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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Monroe National Monument and Old Point Comfort Marina.

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