Bolt, West Virginia

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Bolt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Bolt is located on West Virginia Route 99, 12 mi west of Beckley. Bolt has a post office 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.

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