Piedmont West Virginia Map

About Piedmont, West Virginia

Piedmont is a locality in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Piedmont is located at 37.4507°N, 81.2637°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26750.

Piedmont sits in a hollow, the land rising sharply on all sides like cupped hands holding a secret. It lies 49.1 miles west-north-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 288°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Bluewell. The air here, particularly after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of dense woods and the faint tang of coal dust that seems to cling to the very stones. Pine and oak, thick and dark, crowd the slopes, their branches reaching towards a sky that can be a brilliant, piercing blue or a bruised, heavy grey, often within the same afternoon. A small creek, sometimes a rush of brown water after a storm, sometimes a mere trickle over smooth stones, winds through the heart of Piedmont, its murmur a constant, quiet companion to the rustle of leaves and the distant bark of a dog. The houses, many built of weathered wood or brick, huddle together as if for warmth, their porches offering a glimpse into lives lived at a pace dictated by the seasons and the incline of the hills. This corner of Mercer County, long shaped by the relentless industry of coal, still whispers of that past. The veins of black rock beneath the surface once fueled furnaces far away, and the echoes of pickaxes and mining carts can almost be heard on the wind that sweeps down the ravines. The local economy, though diversified now, still carries the imprint of those boom and bust years, a resilient spirit forged in hardship. Though no major highways bisect Piedmont, life here moves with a steady, grounded rhythm, a sense of place that runs deeper than asphalt. The community is a close-knit one, where neighbours know each other's comings and goings, and the evening light, as it slants through the trees and paints the hills in shades of amber and rose, feels like a benediction, a quiet promise of enduring continuity.

About This Piedmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Piedmont, West Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.450672, -81.263711. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Piedmont and Mercer County.

Detailed location data for Piedmont includes the ZIP code (24729), telephone area code (304), county seat of Mercer County (Princeton), and school district assignment (Mineral County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Piedmont is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.