Welcome to Belmont ...

So far, we found very little information about Belmont. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Belmont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Belmont, please Contact Us.

Belmont would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark County<2>.

The location of Belmont has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Belmont, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Belmont is 5,960 feet [1,817 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Belmont is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Belmont was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Belmont once stood is in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Belmont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Belmont: This one is located in Lewis and Clark County and the other is located in Golden Valley County.

Beyond Montana, there are 88 communities that are also named Belmont - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia (4), Idaho, Illinois (3), Indiana (3), Kansas (6), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (3), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska (2), Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (6), Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (4), Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (6), Texas, Vermont, Virginia (8), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Belmont.

Communities near Belmont ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Belmont.

• Helena
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <5>
• East Helena
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Helena
  • East Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Helena <5>
• Frontier Town
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
  • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
• Marysville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Marysville is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <5>
• Birdseye
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
• Elliston
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
  • Elliston is located in Powell County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elliston <5>
• Atlantic City ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
  • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
• Silver City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
• Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackfoot City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
  • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
• Canyon Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Creek
  • Canyon Creek is located in Lewis and Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canyon Creek <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Belmont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Belmont.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Belmont. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belmont.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Belmont. See our Newspapers Page for Belmont.

Adding Belmont to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belmont in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Belmont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Belmont post office opened in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belmont.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lewis and Clark County: www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/