Coles Point is one of the earliest places in the Northern Neck to bring summer homes. It lies along the Potomac River. The first places were summer cottages where sand beaches, water skiing, and fishing were enjoyed.
Coles Point is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point, in the U. S. state of Virginia.
Westmoreland county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point is a county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point located in the Northern Neck of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 17,454. Its county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point seat is Montross.
As originally established by the House of Burgesses from Northumberland county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point, Virginia in 1653, the territory of Westmoreland county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point encompassed much of what later become the various counties and cities of Northern Virginia, including the city of Alexandria, Arlington county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point, Fairfax county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point, and Prince William county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point. These remained Westmoreland until 1664, when Stafford county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point, Virginia was formed.

Westmoreland county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point was the birthplace of George Washington, the first President of the United States (at the former settlement of Bridges Creek, Virginia); James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States; and General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate armies. It was the residence of Col. Nicholas Spencer, who patented the land at Mount Vernon in 1674 with his friend Lt. Col. John Washington, ancestor of George Washington. Spencer, who served as President of the Council and acting Governor of Virginia, was the cousin of and agent for the Barons Colepeper, proprietors of the Northern Neck. Spencer lived at his plantation Nomini, which his descendants later sold to Robert Carter I. Carter's grandson, Robert Carter III voluntarily freed almost 500 slaves from Nomini Hall beginning in 1791 and settled many on his lands, which he gave them. His manumission is the largest known release of slaves in North American history prior to the American Civil War and the largest number ever manumitted by an individual in the US.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point has a total area of 253 square miles (660 km2), of which 229 square miles (590 km2) is land and 23 square miles (60 km2) (9.29%) is water. The county, and the Northern Neck village of Coles Point is located on the Northern Neck peninsula and is part of the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA winemaking appellation.