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Welcome to Belmont ...

Belmont is located in Dawes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Belmont, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Belmont is 4,490 feet [1,369 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Belmont is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Belmont lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Belmont: 308

Communities Also Named Belmont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nebraska communities named Belmont: This one is located in Dawes County and the other is located in Lancaster County.

Beyond Nebraska, 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, Montana (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 9 communities that are near Belmont.

  • Crawford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Whitney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Whitney is located in Dawes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitney <3>
  • Marsland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Glen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
    • Glen is located in Sioux County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Glen
    • From Belmont to Glen
  • Horn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Horn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
    • Horn is located in Dawes County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Horn
    • From Belmont to Horn
  • Hemingford
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemingford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingford
    • Hemingford is located in Box Butte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemingford <3>
  • Chadron
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Berea
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belmont ...

Looking for more information about Belmont? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Belmont, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Belmont.

Adding Belmont to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belmont in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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>

X2X - From that list, the Belmont post office opened in 1889.

We also found Belmont on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belmont.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dawes County: www.co.dawes.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Dawes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belmont - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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