Bolt, West Virginia

Bolt, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
Bolt Church of God
Bolt, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°45′44″N 81°24′44″W / 37.76222°N 81.41222°W / 37.76222; -81.41222Coordinates: 37°45′44″N 81°24′44″W / 37.76222°N 81.41222°W / 37.76222; -81.41222
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Area^[1]
• Total	5.451 sq mi (14.12 km²)
• Land	5.445 sq mi (14.10 km²)
• Water	0.006 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Elevation	1,988 ft (606 m)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	548
• Density	100/sq mi (39/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	25817
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1553946^[3]

Bolt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Bolt is located on West Virginia Route 99 12 miles (19 km) west of Beckley. Bolt has a post office with ZIP code 25817.^[4] As of the 2010 census, its population is 548.^[2]

History

A post office called Bolt has been in operation since 1902.^[5] One Mr. George Washington Bolt, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.^[6]

Notable person

Little Jimmy Dickens, a country singer, was born at Bolt in 1920.^[7]

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bolt, West Virginia
↑ ZIP Code Lookup Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 15.
↑ Jones, Loyal (8 October 2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-252-03369-8.

Municipalities and communities of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Beckley
City	Beckley
Towns	Lester Mabscott Rhodell Sophia
CDPs	Beaver Bolt Bradley Coal City Crab Orchard Daniels Eccles Ghent Glen White Helen MacArthur Piney View Prosperity Shady Spring Stanaford
Unincorporated communities	Abney Abraham Affinity Ameagle Amigo Arnett Artie Battleship Baylor Beckley Junction Besoco Birchton Blue Jay Blue Jay 6 Bob Bone Lick Bragg Circle View Cirtsville Clear Creek Clifftop Coalgate Colcord Cool Ridge Cranberry Crow Dillon Dameron Dorothy Dry Creek Dry Hill Dugout East Beckley Eastgulf Edwight Egeria‡ Emerson Eunice Epperly‡ Fairdale Fireco Fitzpatrick Friendly View Glade Springs Glen Daniel Glen Morgan Grandview Hamlet Harper Hollywood Hoohoo Hotchkiss Jap Jarrolds Valley Jenny Gap Johnstown Jonben Josephine Lanark Leevale Lego Lillybrook Lynwinn Madeline Maple Meadow Maple Fork Marfork Masseyville Matville Maynor McAlpin McCreery Mead Metalton Midway Montcoal Mountview‡ Naoma Norvelle Odd Oswald Packsville Peachtree Pear Pemberton Pettry Bottom Pettus Pine Hills Pineknob Pluto Posey Price Hill‡ Princewick Raleigh Redbird Riley Rock Creek Rodes Roxie Royal Saxon Shiloh Sink Skelton Slab Fork Soak Creek Sprague Stickney Stonecoal Junction Stonewall Stotesbury Stover Sullivan Sundial Surveyor Sweeneyburg Table Rock Take In Hollow Tams Terry Terry Junction Tilden Tolleys Trap Hill Ury Warden Whitby White Oak Wickham Winding Gulf Woodpeck Wright Zada
Ghost towns	Big Stick Cedar Hot Coal Killarney McVey Pickshin Pinepoca Sylvia Tamroy White Stick Willibet Woodbay
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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