Bolt is a census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Bolt is located on West Virginia Route 99 12 miles west of Beckley. Bolt has a post office with ZIP code 25817. As of the 2010 census, its population is 548.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.