Piedmont, Arizona

Piedmont is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It was located between the Weaver Mountains and the Date Creek Mountains of central-west Arizona, on Date Creek Road (Yavapai Route 62). It is near the ghost towns of Congress and Hillside. All that remains of the town is the sign, along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Piedmont, Arizona
Ghost town
Piedmont, Arizona
Location in the state of Arizona
Coordinates: 34°14′20″N 112°51′52″W
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyYavapai
Elevation3,340 ft (1,018 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))
Area code(s)928

In fiction

Michael Crichton's novel The Andromeda Strain is partially set in Piedmont, Arizona, the population of which is almost entirely killed by an extraterrestrial virus. However, it is unlikely that Crichton's Piedmont is related to the real Piedmont in any way, as the book places the town south of Las Vegas, east of San Bernardino and west of Phoenix, and also at a spot with "no important area of habitation for a radius of nearly one hundred and twelve miles", which would place it roughly 40 miles (64 km) east of Lake Havasu in a barren mountain area.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piedmont
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