West Point Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA.

As of the 2000 census, its population was 573.

[1] West Point Township took its name from the community of West Point, which is now considered a ghost town.

[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, West Point Township covers an area of 33 square miles (85.46 square kilometers); of this, 32.88 square miles (85.15 square kilometers, 99.64 percent) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 square kilometers, 0.36 percent) is water.

The township contains these three cemeteries: Forbes, Walley and West Point.