Belmont, Washington
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Belmont is an unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington, United States.
History
File:Belmont School, Belmont, Washington, 1931-1932 - DPLA - 0af48b2eb9918e988338822065af0a7d.jpg
Because it is not tracked by the U.S. Census, a Census population estimate is not available. First settled in 1886,{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}} there are only about seven houses (most of which sit empty) in Belmont, which is assigned the ZIP code 99104. A 1910 plat map of the community shows 11 full city blocks and seven partial city blocks.{{cite web |title=Plat maps of Belmont, Hay, and Pine City, (1910). Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company. |url=https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/maps/id/267/ |website=wsu.edu |publisher=Washington State University |access-date=10 October 2023}}
In 2009 the community was the site of a controversy surrounding a proposal to store chlorine gas in rail cars on the siding in Belmont.{{cite news |last1=Kramer |first1=Becky |title=Gas storage worries some in Whitman County |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/04/gas-storage-worries-some/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=4 December 2009}} The grain elevators in Belmont were taken down around 2014.
Geography
Belmont is {{convert|22|mi}} south of the town of Rosalia and {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south of Oakesdale. Belmont is {{convert|24|mi}} from the Whitman County Seat of Colfax.
Washington State Route 27 passes through Belmont, connecting it with the nearby communities of Oakesdale to the north and Garfield to the south. The road, as well as a railroad track, follow the path of an intermittent stream called Kelley Creek which cuts through the rolling grasslands of the Palouse.{{cite web |title=Garfield Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=41b32cb95ad477e754c50787a5f5a782 |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=10 October 2023 |format=7.5 minute quadrangle topographical map |date=2023}}
References
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{{Whitman County, Washington}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Whitman County, Washington
Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
Category:Populated places established in 1886
Category:1886 establishments in Washington Territory
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