Welcome to Piedmont ...

Piedmont is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piedmont, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Piedmont is 4,360 feet [1,329 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Piedmont is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Piedmont lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Piedmont is located in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Piedmont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Piedmont - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Quebec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piedmont.

Communities near Piedmont ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piedmont.

• Whitehall
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Whitehall is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <4>
• Pipestone Hot Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone Hot Springs
  • Pipestone Hot Springs is located in Jefferson County
• Cardwell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell
  • Cardwell is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cardwell <4>
• Jefferson Island
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Island
  • Jefferson Island is located in Madison County
• Mammoth
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
  • Mammoth is located in Madison County
• Silver Star
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Star
  • Silver Star is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Star <4>
• Strawberry ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Strawberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Strawberry is located in Madison County
• Pony ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
  • Pony is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pony <4>
• Highland City ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland City
  • Highland City is located in Silver Bow County
• Janney
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
  • Janney is located in Silver Bow County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Piedmont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piedmont.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piedmont. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piedmont.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piedmont. See our Newspapers Page for Piedmont.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piedmont ...

Looking for more information about Piedmont? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Piedmont, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Piedmont.

Adding Piedmont to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Piedmont in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Piedmont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Piedmont post office opened in 1910.

We also found Piedmont on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piedmont.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Piedmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/