Belmont Map
Belmont is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,356 at the 2010 census.
The primary settlement in town, where 1,301 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Belmont census-designated place (CDP) and includes the densely-populated portion of the town near the intersection of New Hampshire Route 106 and New Hampshire Route 140.
Originally known as Upper Gilmanton, Belmont was chartered in 1727 as a parish of Gilmanton. With water power from the Tioga River, it developed as a mill town. Built in 1833, the Gilmanton Village Manufacturing Co. made cotton and woolen textiles. Over the years it would change owners, names and products. In 1921, it was the Belmont Hosiery Co., a maker of silk, lisle and woolen stockings. It went out of business in 1955, and the renovated mill building is now a community center.
Nearby cities include Loudon, Pittsfield, Alton, New Hampton, Meredith.