Piedmont, West Virginia | |
|---|---|
| Town of Piedmont | |
 Downtown Piedmont in January 2014 | |
 Location of Piedmont in Mineral County, West Virginia. | |
| Coordinates: 39°28′49″N 79°02′53″W / 39.48028°N 79.04806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Mineral |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor/Council |
| • Mayor | Paula Boggs [1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2) |
| • Land | 0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,201 ft (366 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 716 |
• Estimate (2021)[3] | 707 |
| • Density | 2,104.99/sq mi (812.16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 26750 |
| Area code | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-63604[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2391360[5] |
| Website | local |
Piedmont is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV metropolitan statistical area. The population was 716 at the 2020 census.[3] Piedmont was chartered in 1856 and the town is the subject of Colored People: A Memoir[6] by Piedmont native Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- ^ "Elected Officials". Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piedmont, West Virginia
- ^ Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (1994). Colored People: A Memoir. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 0-679-73919-X.