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.

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Belmont would have been located within present day York 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 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Belmont is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Belmont was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Belmont still existed, it would have been in the (803) area code.

Websites for Belmont ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Belmont, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Belmont ...

While we believe that this Belmont is located in York County, we know of another 2 South Carolina communities named Belmont. Those communities are located in the following counties: Greenville and Richland County.

Beyond South Carolina, 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), 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, 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.

• Charlotte
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 900,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <5>
• Gastonia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonia
  • Gastonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,640 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gastonia <5>
• Rock Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Rock Hill is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,318 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Hill <5>
• Fort Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mill
  • Fort Mill is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,929 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Mill <5>
• Waxhaw
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
  • Waxhaw is located in Union County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <5>
• Belmont
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Belmont is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belmont <5>
• Weddington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weddington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weddington
  • Weddington is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weddington <5>
• Pineville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
  • Pineville is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineville <5>
• York
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
• Marvin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
  • Marvin is located in Union County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people

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 1886.

We also found Belmont in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belmont.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for York County: www.yorkcountygov.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/