Piedmont (disambiguation)
Appearance
Piedmont is a region in Northwest Italy.
In physical geography, piedmont denotes a region of foothills in a mountain range.
Piedmont may also refer to:
Regions in the United States
[edit]- Piedmont (United States), a plateau between the Atlantic Plain and Appalachian Mountains
- Piedmont (ecoregion), an area designated by the U.S. EPA and CEC
- Central North Carolina, the Piedmont region of North Carolina
- Colorado Piedmont, a valley in the foothills of the Front Range
- Piedmont Crescent, an urban area in North Carolina
- Piedmont Triad, a region centered on three cities in North Carolina
Populated places
[edit]Canada
[edit]United States
[edit]- Piedmont, Alabama
- Piedmont, California
- Piedmont, Georgia, a place in Georgia
- Piedmont, Kansas
- Piedmont, Missouri
- Piedmont, Ohio
- Piedmont, Oklahoma
- Piedmont, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon
- Piedmont, South Carolina, a census-designated place
- Piedmont, South Dakota
- Piedmont, Virginia (disambiguation)
- Piedmont, Washington
- Piedmont, West Virginia
- Piedmont, Wyoming
Colleges
[edit]- Piedmont University, in Demorest, Georgia
- Piedmont Community College, in Rixboro, North Carolina
- Piedmont Technical College, with several locations in South Carolina
- Central Piedmont Community College, in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College, in Clarkston, Georgia
- Piedmont Virginia Community College, in Albemarle County, Virginia
- Piedmont Baptist College, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- South Piedmont Community College, in Anson and Union counties, North Carolina
- Western Piedmont Community College, in Morganton, North Carolina
People
[edit]- Prince of Piedmont
- James of Piedmont (1315–1367), Lord of Piedmont from 1334
- Louis of Piedmont (1364–1418), Lord of Piedmont and titular Prince of Achaea from 1402
- Matt Piedmont (born 1970), American writer
- Nicolaas Piemont (1644–1709), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter
Transportation
[edit]- Piedmont (automobile), a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company of Lynchburg, Virginia
- Piedmont (train), an Amtrak passenger train in North Carolina
- Piedmont Airlines, a regional airline operating under the name American Eagle
- Piedmont Airlines (1948–89), an airline that was merged into US Air
Other uses
[edit]- Piedmont (Greenwood, Virginia), a historic house and farm
- Piedmont (minor league baseball)
- Piedmont (wine)
- Piedmont blues or "Piedmont fingerstyle", a style of blues guitar playing
- Piedmont League, defunct minor league baseball organization
- Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1723
- Piedmont, Arizona, fictional setting for part of the miniseries The Andromeda Strain
- Ice piedmont, a geographic feature