Belmont, Massachusetts, United States

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Belmont, Massachusetts, United States, is a suburban town just west of Boston known for its affluent residential character and strong public schools.

Aliases (3)
  • Belmont, Massachusetts ×54
  • Beaver Brook Reservation ×1
  • Belmont (estate of John Perkins Cushing) ×1

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf town
areaCode 617
857
borders Arlington, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lexington, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts
climate humid continental climate
country United States
county Middlesex County
elevation approximately 131 feet
FIPSCode 25-05105
GNISFeatureID 0618214
governmentType representative town meeting
hasCommuterRailStation Belmont Center station
Waverley station
hasElementarySchool Burbank School
Butler School
Wellington School
Winn Brook School
hasHighSchool Belmont High School
hasHistoricDistrict Belmont Center Historic District
hasMiddleSchool Chenery Upper Elementary School
hasPark Beaver Brook Reservation
hasPond Clay Pit Pond
hasPublicLibrary Belmont Public Library
hasReputationFor affluent residential character
strong public schools
incorporated 1859
isSuburbOf Boston, Massachusetts
landArea approximately 4.7 square miles
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Boston, Massachusetts
medianHouseholdIncomeRank among higher-income municipalities in Massachusetts
namedFor Belmont (estate of John Perkins Cushing)
nickname The Town of Homes
partOf Greater Boston
partOfMetropolitanArea Boston metropolitan area
population approximately 27,000
populationCensusYear 2020
postalCode 02478
region New England
schoolDistrict Belmont Public Schools
servedByTransit MBTA Fitchburg Line
settled 1630
state Massachusetts
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Clay Pit Pond ("Belmont, Massachusetts")
Waverley station ("Belmont, Massachusetts")
locatedIn
The Town of Homes ("Belmont, Massachusetts")
appliesTo
Cambridge, Massachusetts ("Belmont, Massachusetts")
borderedBy
Frederick Law Olmsted
deathPlace
The Town of Homes ("Belmont, Massachusetts")
hasGeographicContext
Belmont, Massachusetts ("Beaver Brook Reservation")
hasPark
Belmont, Massachusetts ("Belmont (estate of John Perkins Cushing)")
namedFor
Vannevar Bush
placeOfDeath
The Town of Homes ("Belmont, Massachusetts")
refersTo

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