Bolt,_West_Virginia

Bolt, West Virginia

Bolt, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

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]

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


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