Place:Belmont, Gaston, North Carolina, United States

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NameBelmont
Alt namesGaribaldisource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37002017
Garibuldisource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37002017
TypeCity
Coordinates35.244°N 81.036°W
Located inGaston, North Carolina, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Goshen Cemetery
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Belmont is a small suburban city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, located about west of uptown Charlotte and east of Gastonia. The population was 10,076 at the 2010 census. Once known as Garibaldi Station, the name change for Belmont is disputed. Some say it was named for the prominent New York banker August Belmont. Others contend the Pope ordered the abbot of the monastery to change the name since he would not tolerate an abbey in a place that bore the Garibaldi name. The abbot could see Crowder's mountain from the property and named the town Belmont - "beautiful mountain". Belmont is home to Belmont Abbey College.

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