Belmont - Definition and Overview

Belmont is a name given to several places:

In Australia

• Belmont, New South Wales
• Belmont, Queensland
• Belmont, Victoria
• Belmont, Western Australia

In England

• Belmont, County Durham
• Belmont, Lancashire
• Belmont, Harrow, London
• Belmont, Sutton, London
• Belmont, Oxfordshire
• Belmont, Sussex

Communes of France

• Belmont, in the Doubs département
• Belmont, in the Gers département
• Belmont, in the Isère département
• Belmont, in the Jura département
• Belmont, in the Haute-Marne département
• Belmont, in the Bas-Rhin département
• Belmont, in the Haute-Saône département

Also:

• Belmont-Bretenoux, in the Lot département
• Belmont-d'Azergues, in the Rhône département
• Belmont-de-la-Loire, in the Loire département
• Belmont-lès-Darney, in the Vosges département
• Belmont-Luthézieu, in the Ain département
• Belmont-Sainte-Foi, in the Lot département
• Belmont-sur-Buttant, in the Vosges département
• Belmont-sur-Rance, in the Aveyron département
• Belmont-sur-Vair, in the Vosges département
• Belmont-Tramonet, in the Savoie département

In Scotland

• Belmont, Shetland

In Switzerland

• Belmont-sur-Lausanne, in the Vaud canton
• Belmont-sur-Yverdon, in the Vaud canton

In the United States of America

• Belmont, California
• Belmont, Maine
• Belmont, Massachusetts
• Belmont, Michigan
• Belmont, Mississippi
• Belmont, New Hampshire
• Belmont, New York
• Belmont, North Carolina
• Belmont, Ohio
• Belmont, West Virginia
• Belmont, Wisconsin
• Town of Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin
• Town of Belmont, Portage County, Wisconsin
• Belmont County, Ohio
• Belmont Township, Illinois
• Belmont Township, Iowa
• Belmont Township, Kingman County, Kansas
• Belmont Township, Phillips County, Kansas
• Belmont Township, North Dakota
• Belmont Township, Minnesota
• Belmont Township, Douglas County, South Dakota
• Belmont Township, Spink County, South Dakota

Other

• Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee
• Belmont Park, a racetrack for Thoroughbred horses
• The Belmont Stakes, a race, considered the third part of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
• The Belmonts, a family of vampire hunters in the Castlevania series of video games by Konami
• The place in which Portia lived in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
• Belmont Avenue and El hub
• Belmont Plateau, Fairmont Park System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A popular park for Cross Country Races featuring Flagpole Hill and Parachute Hill.

(None of these should be confused with similar names, such as Beaumont in several states and countries, or Belmond, Iowa)