West Point was officially named and established as a community in 1918. The community was named by Mr. H. J. Jordan, Mr. W. A. Jordan, and Mr. Jim Lamb. It was first discussed as being "west" of the railroad. The men decided it need a more descriptive name and added "point" to the name, calling the community West Point.

The first school in the West Point community was built in 1908 and named Crooked Creek School. The Cullman County Board of Education did not have funds available to build the school so the community members decided they would cut logs from their own farms to build the school. They hauled the logs to Mr. Jordan's sawmill and Mr. Jordan cut the logs at no charge. The one room schoolhouse was called Crooked Creek.