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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 altitude 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

Area Code for Piedmont: 406

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.

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 (so far) for Piedmont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Piedmont post office opened in 1910. The Piedmont post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piedmont.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piedmont - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/