Massachusetts Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Belmont, Massachusetts

Population: 25,000

Located in Middlesex County

Belmont is a mostly residential suburb of Boston and Cambridge which covers an area of approximately four and a half square miles. Settlement in the area that now includes Belmont began in 1630, when Sir Richard Saltonstall and approximately 40 families separated from the first settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and moved inland to start an agricultural community.

Belmont Police Department

Originally called Pequosette after the local Indian tribe, the name of the new town soon changed to Watertown. In the 1900's, the large number of artists, authors, educators, physicians, and scientists moving to the town doubled its population. As a result, the farming community disappeared. Belmont today, with a population of 25,349, is almost entirely residential and is known as "The Town of Homes."

Belmont provides its residents with numerous recreation facilities throughout the town including playgrounds, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pools, ball fields and a skating rink. Starting in the spring of 1998 with the Pequosette Park, Belmont updated the playground equipment in each of the tot lots. Various new playgrounds have been built in the last few years to better provide recreational opportunities.

Courtesy of the Town of Belmont