Points is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County

Hampshire County, West Virginia

Hampshire County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 23,964. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town . Hampshire County was created by the Virginia General Assembly on December 13, 1753, from parts of Frederick and Augusta counties ...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. According to the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the Points community has a population of 478.

Points is named for its location at the point where Jersey Mountain Road

Jersey Mountain Road

Jersey Mountain Road is Hampshire County, West Virginia's Secondary Route 5. The road runs mostly atop or to the east of South Branch Mountain from Levels to the Northwestern Turnpike east of Romney. South Branch Mountain was originally named Jersey Mountain by the colonial settlers of the...

 (West Virginia Secondary Route 5) and the old Springfield Grade Road

Springfield Grade Road

The Springfield Grade Road was an early turnpike between Springfield, West Virginia and Capon Bridge, West Virginia.Springfield Grade Road was originally known as the Great Wagon Road or Great Wagon Turnpike that connected Winchester, Virginia to Cumberland, Maryland in the late 18th and early 19th...

(West Virginia Secondary Route 3) intersect. From Springfield to Points, the grade has been renamed Springfield Pike and from Points to Slanesville, it has been renamed Slanesville Pike.