Halstead's Point was an unincorporated community in

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. In 1918, during

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, a large tract of land in the area including Halstead's Point was taken by the

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to create a military base initially known as a mine depot, where ordnance for military shifts was handled. Today, the lost town of Halstead's Point is unrecognizable, but was located near the Gate 3 of the US

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just off State Route 143 and east of

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*McCartney, Martha W. (1977) ''James City County: Keystone of the Commonwealth''; James City County, Virginia; Donning and Company;

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"Cast Down Your Buckets Where You Are"
An Ethnohistorical Study of the African-American Community on the Lands of the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station 1865-1918 Halstead's Point {{YorkCountyVA-geo-stub

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