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Belt Junction is located

Belt Junction is located in Tarrant County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Belt Junction: Belt Jct. (or less commonly used: Belt Jctn.)

Belt Junction is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Belt Junction lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Belt Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Belt Junction - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio.

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

Communities near Belt Junction ...

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

  • Fort Worth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Arlington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mansfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North Richland Hills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Euless
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Burleson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bedford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Keller
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Haltom City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hurst
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,172 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belt Junction ...

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

Adding Belt Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belt Junction 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 (so far) for Belt Junction was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belt Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Tarrant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belt Junction - 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.