Piedmont, Nova Scotia
Piedmont Geography
- Official Community Name: Piedmont
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Postal Code: B0K 1G0
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.605917, -62.372257
Piedmont Maps
- NTS Map Number: 011E09
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 21
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045600062300 (Brownsville)
- Other Maps:
About Piedmont
Piedmont is a rural community is located east of Merigomish. Later the name was given for its location at the foot of a range of hills.
It was settled about 1810-1816 by James Haggart of Kenmore, Scotland, and others from Blair Athole, Scotland.
A Methodist Church was dedicated in 1884, and a postal way office was established in 1861.
A rail station was built Piedmont in 1880.
A school-house was built before 1885.
Cummings Furniture factory was built between 1868 and 1883.
Population in 1956 was 56.
Using the crowd sourced Find a Grave App, you can search names, photos and more from the Piedmont Cemetery
Roads located within the community include:
- Browns Mill Road
- Forbes Mill Road
- Fraser Cross Road
- Piedmont Valley Road
Other official place names located in Piedmont include:
The History of Barneys River written by H. H. Bruce in 1886, illustrates early settlement of Barney’s River and surrounding areas (Lower Barneys River, Avondale, Piedmont, Upper Barneys River). A compelling blend of biographical sketches, oral histories, and vivid anecdotes that together help paint a rich portrait of early pioneer life among Scottish Highland immigrants who arrived in the region around the early 1820s.
With both a genealogical and historical purpose, Bruce writes so that future generations may learn something of their ancestry, and includes stories about the Stewarts, Robinsons, Dewars, Gordons, McLeans, McKays, Sutherlands, and others.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson / History of Barney’s River Early Days in East Pictou – H. H. Bruce]
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