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Piedmont, Alabama

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The city of Piedmont is primarily located in Calhoun County. A portion of Piedmont extends into Cherokee County.

Piedmont is 210 feet [64.01 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Piedmont lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Piedmont can be found in:

 Arizona (historic<2>)Oklahoma
 ArkansasOregon
 CaliforniaQuebec
 Colorado (historic)South Carolina
 FloridaSouth Dakota
 Georgia (historic)Tennessee
 KansasTexas
 KentuckyVirginia
 MissouriWashington
 MontanaWest Virginia
 Nova ScotiaWyoming (historic)
 Ohio 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Piedmont had a population of 5,120 people<3> (or 4.6% of the total population of Calhoun County). The population of Piedmont represented 0.12% of the total of Alabama, making it the state's 91st most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Piedmont had a population of 4,964 people. This is a decrease of 3.05% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Piedmont.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20084,964-3.05% 
20074,968-2.97% 
20064,969-2.95%+0.65% since 2005
20054,937-3.57% 
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20005,120The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Booker T City   SW13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Centre   N16 mi [25.75 km]3,4938.61% increase
 Edwardsville   S16 mi [25.75 km]1954.84% increase
 Fruithurst   SE17 mi [27.36 km]2845.19% increase
 Glencoe   W18 mi [28.97 km]5,3774.37% increase
 Heflin   S19 mi [30.58 km]3,55118.29% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Piedmont.




Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Piedmont. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Piedmont:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Piedmont? Please visit the Map Page for Piedmont.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piedmont - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piedmont, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Piedmont.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Piedmont and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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