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 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,201 ft (366 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
718
 • Estimate 
(2021)
707
 • Density2,103.5/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.