Bolt is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Raleigh County,

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, United States. Bolt is located on West Virginia Route 99, west of Beckley. Bolt has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

with ZIP code 25817. As of the 2010 census, its population is 548.

History

A post office called Bolt has been in operation since 1902. One Mr. George Washington Bolt, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.

Notable person

Little Jimmy Dickens, a country singer, was born at Bolt in 1920.

References

Census-designated places in Raleigh County, West Virginia Census-designated places in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{RaleighCountyWV-geo-stub