Piedmont, West Virginia
| Town of Piedmont, West Virginia | |
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| Town | |
Downtown Piedmont in January 2014
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 Location of Piedmont in West Virginia |
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| Coordinates: 39°28′49″N 79°02′53″W / 39.48028°N 79.04806°WCoordinates: 39°28′49″N 79°02′53″W / 39.48028°N 79.04806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Mineral |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2) |
| • Land | 0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 928 ft (283 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 876 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 862 |
| • Density | 2,305.3/sq mi (890.1/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 26750 |
| Area code(s) | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-63604 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1555341 |
Piedmont is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, US. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 876 at the 2010 census. Piedmont was chartered in 1856 and the town is the subject of Colored People: A Memoir by Piedmont native Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
As its name suggests, Piedmont is located at the base of a mountain, in this instance the foot of the Allegheny Front, the eastern edge of the Allegheny Mountains or Appalachian Plateau, on the south (West Virginia) side of the North Branch of the Potomac River.
Piedmont is located at 39°28′49″N 79°2′53″W / 39.48028°N 79.04806°W (39.480232, -79.048086). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.38 square miles (0.98 km2), all of it land.
The original main line of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad reached the site of Piedmont on July 21, 1851, and in 1853 connected Baltimore, Maryland, and the Ohio River at Wheeling, then (like Piedmont) in Virginia, and now in West Virginia. The line through Piedmont is still a major segment of the B&O system, now part of CSX Transportation.
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