Belmont, Texas

Belmont
Unincorporated Area
Above: Primary cell site, downtown Belmont;
Below: Belmont ca. 1940
Nickname(s): 
"Beaumont," "Centerville"
Belmont is south of Kingsbury-Luling
Belmont is south of Kingsbury-Luling
SubregionEast Central Texas
RegionTexas Triangle
Settled1825–1836, DeWitt Colony
(Eliza DeWitt Tract)
FoundedAs late as c.1850[1][2]
Recognizedc.1893 (state law)[3]
PrecinctElectoral Precinct 5
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated; emergency services managed by County Sheriff[4]
Area
 • Total
25,600 acres (10,400 ha)
Population
 (2016)[5][6]
 • Total
36
 • Density0.90/sq mi (0.35/km2)
 • Traffic
13,197 vehicles (AADT)
 • Traffic density329.9/sq mi (127.4/km2)
 • Rural environs
1,169
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5
LocationSouth of Austin–San Marcos areas
North of Leesville, Texas
Expressway
U.S. Route
WebsiteBelmont VFD

Belmont, officially known as the "Belmont Site,"[4] is an unincorporated area of approximately 40 square miles in extreme western Gonzales County, Texas, United States, adjacent to Greater Austin, north of the "Belmont intersection" at the “Leesville Quad” water-testing site (FM 466),[8] electorally known as local Precinct 5.[9] The population of Belmont-proper has been rated at 36 employees, with the greater area rated at 1,169 residents. The area is defined by the limits of the northern and western county line, bordered by the significant 1800s land grants of Eliza Dewitt, Ira Nash, Samuel Robbins and Thomas Decrew.[10] It is served by the Belmont Volunteer Fire Department.

  1. ^ "BEATY, Martin (1784–1856)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the House Historian. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Belmont/Beaumont Original Map was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ George McCormick, Judge (1893). "Dennis Sullivan v. The State (No. 56, 1893)". Google Books. Texas Court of Appeals. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "$13.4 million granted by Texas GLO for historic disaster mitigation projects in Gonzales County". Gonzales Inquirer. Texas General Land Office. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Economy2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Harwood-Ottine CCD, Gonzales County, Texas -- Rural". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belmont, Texas
  8. ^ US Department of the Interior. "Leesville Quad". National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. Texas Water Development Board. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  9. ^ Sjoberg, Brooke. "Early voting starts Oct. 13". The Gonzales Inquirer. Gonzales County, Texas. Retrieved October 13, 2020. On Election Day, Nov. 3, each precinct will report as follows:...5: Belmont Community Center- Election Room, 14335 HWY 90A W, Belmont...
  10. ^ "Library of Congress; Gonzales County, Texas". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2018.