West Point is a town in White County, Arkansas, United States. David Hamilton, 74, has been mayor 'since 1972 except for two years he missed for cancer surgery,' according to an article in the Searcy, AR newspaper The Daily Citizen. “My great-grandfather landed at West Point in 1865 from a steamboat, and homesteaded 160 acres of land by building a log house,” Hamilton said. West Point has almost reached it sesquicentennial. It was incorporated in 1858. According to local legend, cited by the mayor, the town was in the running with Little Rock, AR to be the site of the state capitol. West Point apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on West Point apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.