Piedmont, West Virginia

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 / 39.48028; -79.04806
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMineral
Government
  TypeMayor/Council
  MayorPaula Boggs
Area
  Total
0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2)
  Land0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,201 ft (366 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
716
  Estimate 
(2021)
707
  Density2,104.99/sq mi (812.16/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26750
Area code304
FIPS code54-63604
GNIS feature ID2391360
Websitelocal.wv.gov/Piedmont/Pages/default.aspx

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. Piedmont was chartered in 1856 and the town is the subject of Colored People: A Memoir by Piedmont native Henry Louis Gates Jr.