| Official Name: | Bolt, West Virginia |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) |
| Pushpin Map: | West Virginia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Raleigh |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.451 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.445 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.006 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 548 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2074 |
| Coordinates: | 37.7567°N -81.415°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 25817 |
| Area Codes: | 304 & 681 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2586767 |
Bolt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Bolt is located on West Virginia Route 99, 12miles west of Beckley. Bolt has a post office with ZIP code 25817.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population is 548.
A post office called Bolt has been in operation since 1902.[4] One Mr. George Washington Bolt, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[5]
Little Jimmy Dickens, a country singer, was born at Bolt in 1920.[6]