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Piedmont, Montgomery County, Virginia

Coordinates: 37°06′00″N 80°13′08″W / 37.10000°N 80.21889°W / 37.10000; -80.21889
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Piedmont, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Piedmont, Virginia is located in Virginia
Piedmont, Virginia
Piedmont, Virginia
Piedmont, Virginia is located in the United States
Piedmont, Virginia
Piedmont, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°06′00″N 80°13′08″W / 37.10000°N 80.21889°W / 37.10000; -80.21889
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyMontgomery
Elevation
1,535 ft (468 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code540
GNIS feature ID1472274[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

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  1. ^ "Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.