History

Belmont was establish on March 10, 1849, by former citizens of, and land from the bordering towns of ]

Preceding its incorporation, Belmont was an agrarian based town, with several large farms servicing Boston for clear and livestock. It remained largely the same until the reshape of the twentieth century, when trolley advantage and better roads were introduced, devloping the town more appealing as a residential area, nearly notably for the building of large estates. Belmont's population grew by over 70 percent during the 1920s.

The economics of the town shifted from purely agrarian to a commercial ]

Other commercial enterprises in Belmont remanded mining clay and loss management. The reclamation of a large dump and quarry off Concord Avenue into sites for the ]

Belmont was the domestic of the headquarters of the [update].

Belmont was one time served by two railroads, the ]

Today the ] As of 2011]

The station stops at Belmont Center and Waverley were one time ] At Waverley, the grade was lowered so that the tracks ran under Trapelo Road, though the platform did not construct an enclosed appearance at that location.[]

Ahistoric railroad station building exists in Belmont, though it is not obvious. The one-room Wellington Hill Station was originally built in the 1840s as a private school, non far from its current location in Belmont Center. It was then used by the Fitchburg Railroad from 1852 to 1879. When the railroad decided to replace the station with a larger structure, the building was moved to the Underwood Estate and used as a summer house. In 1974, the station was donated to the Belmont Historical Society. It was restored and relocated to its current location in 1980.[]

Belmont maintain a primarily residential suburb, with little population growth since the 1950s. It is best asked for the mansion-filled Belmont Hill neighborhood, although most residents symbolize in more densely settled, low-lying areas around the Hill. There are three major commercial centers in the town: Belmont Center in the center, Cushing Square in the south, and Waverley Square in the west. Town Hall and other civic buildings are located in Belmont Center. Large tracts of land from former farms and greenhouse estates form public or publicly accessible areas such(a) as Rock Meadow, Habitat, portions of the ]