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Places

United States

Belknap, Illinois Belknap is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 104 at the 2010 census. History File:Belknap-post-office-il.jpg, Belknap Post Office, September 2017 File:Belknap-Community-Church-il.jpg, Belknap Community Chu ...

, a village * Belknap, Indiana, an unincorporated community *

Belknap, Louisville Belknap is an urban neighborhood three and a half miles east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The neighborhood is bound by Bardstown Road, Douglass Boulevard, Dundee Road and Newburg Road. It is part of a larger area of Louisville called the ...

, Kentucky, a neighborhood * Belknap, Montana, a census-designated place *

Belknap, Rhode Island Belknap is a village within the city of Johnston in Rhode Island. On April 18, 1759 the citizens of Johnston held the first Town Meeting at Benjamin Belknap's house on Greenville Avenue in Belknap, and Abraham Belknap was appointed as the town's ...

, a village * Belknap, Texas, a ghost town *

Belknap County, New Hampshire Belknap County () is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,705. The county seat is Laconia. It is located in New Hampshire's Lakes Region, slightly southeast of the state's geographic center. ...

** Belknap Mountains ***

Belknap Mountain Belknap Mountain is a mountain located in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States, south of Lake Winnipesaukee. Like the county, the mountain and the associated surrounding Belknap Mountains are named after Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), a ...

Belknap Crater Belknap Crater is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Linn County, it is associated with lava fields and numerous subfeatures including the Little Belknap and South Belknap volcanic cones. It lies north ...

, a volcanic feature in Oregon *

Belknap Hill Belknap Hill (also called Lookout Hill), is a prominent river bluff directly northeast of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The hill is a distinct topographical feature when viewed from the Western approach to the downtown area. Evening romancers ...

, in Grand Rapids, Michigan *

Belknap Springs, Oregon Belknap Springs is an unincorporated community and private hot springs resort in Lane County, Oregon, United States, near the McKenzie River. The springs were located and initially developed by R. S. Belknap in 1869. A post office named "Salt Sp ...

* Belknap Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa * Belknap Township, Michigan *

Fort Belknap Indian Reservation The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation ( ats, ’ak3ɔ́ɔyɔ́ɔ, lit=the fence or ats, ’ɔ’ɔ́ɔ́ɔ́nííítaan’ɔ, lit=Gros Ventre tribe, label=none) is shared by two Native American tribes, the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) and the Nakoda ...

, Montana

Antarctica

Belknap Nunatak Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner ...

, Ellsworth Land

American structures on the National Register of Historic Places

* Fort Belknap (Texas), built in 1851 to protect the Texas frontier against raids by the Kiowa and Comanche *

Belknap School Belknap School (also known as the District No. 8 School House) is a historic former school house at 509 Greenville Avenue in the Belknap village of Johnston, Rhode Island. The first school on the site was built in 1790 and was the first school ...

, Belknap, Rhode Island, a former schoolhouse *

Belknap House The Belknap House, at 1206 North Nevada Street in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic house built in 1875. Also known as the Barber-Belknap House or the Beck-Barber-Belknap House, it includes Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the Nat ...

, Carson City, Nevada *

Belknap Stone House The Belknap Stone House in Newburgh, New York, was built by Abel Belknap in the 1750s. Abel Belknap chaired the local Committee of Safety during the war, and when the Continental Army was encamped in the Newburgh area in 1782–83, the house ...

, Newburgh, New York *

Belknap Bridge The Belknap Bridge (also McKenzie River Bridge) crosses the McKenzie River near the unincorporated community of Rainbow in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately three miles west of the town of McKenzie Bridge which is named ...

, Oregon

In the military

*, more than one United States Navy ship *

Belknap-class cruiser The ''Belknap''-class cruiser was a class of single-ended guided-missile cruisers (their missile armament was installed only forward, unlike "double-ended" missile cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft) built for the Unit ...

, a class of United States Navy guided missile cruisers built during the 1960s *

Camp Belknap (military camp) Camp Belknap was a military camp during the Mexican–American War. History When war was declared on Mexico in May 1846, U.S. Congress, Congress authorized the raising of 50,00 volunteer troop to supplement the regular army. General Zachary Tayl ...

, a Mexican–American War camp in Texas * Fort Belknap (Texas), built in 1851 to protect the Texas frontier against raids by the Kiowa and Comanche

People

Belknap (surname) Belknap or Belnap is a surname of Norman origin from England that may come from the Anglo-Norman words "belle," meaning beautiful, and "knap," meaning the crest or summit of a small hill. Although today the "k" in Belknap is generally silent as i ...

, people with the surname Belknap

Other uses

Camp Belknap YMCA Camp Belknap is an all-boys summer resident camp in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. Founded in 1903, on Winnipesaukee's Timber Island, in the shadow of Belknap Mountain, its likely namesake. Relocated to Tufton ...

, a summer camp on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire *

Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company, also known as Belknap Hardware Company or simply Belknap Hardware, located in Louisville, Kentucky, was at one time a leading American manufacturer of hardware goods and a major wholesale competitor of r ...

, a former leading American manufacturer of hardware goods and major wholesaler *Belknap Press, an imprint owned by

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirem ...

*Belknap Campus, the main campus of the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...