Piedmont, Montgomery County, Virginia

Piedmont, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Piedmont, Virginia
Piedmont, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°06′00″N 80°13′08″W / 37.10000°N 80.21889°W / 37.10000; -80.21889Coordinates: 37°06′00″N 80°13′08″W / 37.10000°N 80.21889°W / 37.10000; -80.21889
Country United States
State Virginia
County Montgomery
Elevation 1,535 ft (468 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 540
GNIS feature ID 1472274[1]

Piedmont is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. Piedmont is located on State Route 653 10.7 miles (17.2 km) east-southeast of Christiansburg.

The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, i.e., ad pedem montium, meaning “at the foot of the mountains”.[2]

The Crockett Springs Cottage and Piedmont Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

References

  1. "Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
  3. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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