Undoubtedly selected because of its geographical location in the county... The name Portland had first been asked for, in petitioning for the organization of the town, which was changed to Bloomfield by the committee of the board,... but in the formal order of creating it, it appeared as West Point.

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[Source: Jones. History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, p. 435.]