Bolt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Bolt is located on West Virginia Route 99, west of Beckley. Bolt has a post office with ZIP code 25817. As of the 2020 census, its population is 518 (down from 548 at the 2010 census).
A post office called Bolt has been in operation since 1902. One Mr. George Washington Bolt, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.
Little Jimmy Dickens, a country singer, was born at Bolt in 1920.