Official Name: | Belmont, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alabama |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 32.5586°N -87.9425°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Sumter |
Elevation Ft: | 256 |
Elevation M: | 78 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Area Codes: | 205, 659 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 113897 |
Belmont, also spelled Belmonte, is an unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.
Belmont was originally known as Belmonte, which is derived from the Italian words bel, meaning "beautiful" and monte, meaning "mountain." Belmont was founded in 1832 by David Blacksher, Joseph Gillespie, Sr., M. Martiere (one of the French settlers of Demopolis, and the Rushing family.[1] A post office operated under the name Belmont from 1835 to 1914.[2]