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Welcome to Belfort ...

Belfort is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Belfort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Belfort is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Belfort lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Belfort: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Belfort ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Belfort - they are located in California, Louisiana, Ohio and Oregon.

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

Communities near Belfort ...

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

  • Lowville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Carthage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • West Carthage
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
  • Copenhagen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Harrisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Croghan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Castorland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Deferiet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Herrings
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
    • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
  • Forest City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Forest City is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City

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 Belfort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Belfort.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Belfort. 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 Belfort.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belfort ...

Looking for more information about Belfort? 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 Belfort, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Belfort.

Adding Belfort to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belfort 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 (so far) for Belfort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Belfort post office opened in 1832. The Belfort post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belfort.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belfort - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Belfort area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Belfort area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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