Bolt, West Virginia

Bolt, West Virginia
Census-designated place (CDP)
Bolt West Virginia Post Office
Bolt, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°45′24″N 81°24′54″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Raleigh
Area [1]
• Total	5.451 sq mi (14.12 km^2)
• Land	5.445 sq mi (14.10 km^2)
• Water	0.006 sq mi (0.02 km^2)
Elevation [2]	2,074 ft (632 m)
Population  (2010)[3]
• Total	548
• Density	100/sq mi (39/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	25817
Area codes	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	2586767[2]

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.[3]

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

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