Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Wayne
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- William H. Kirkpatrick
- Total
- 2.14 sq mi (5.53 km )
- Land
- 2.13 sq mi (5.52 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 512 ft (156 m)
- Density
- 890.3/sq mi (343.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-57422
- Website
- cityofpiedmont.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Piedmont is a city in northwestern Wayne County in Southeast Missouri, United States. Its population was 1,897 at the 2020 census. Part of the Ozark Foothills Region, it is at the convergence of State Highways 34 and 49. Piedmont, transliterated as "foot of the mountain," is named for its position at the foot of Clark Mountain, a 1424-foot summit approximately two miles north of the town.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piedmont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.