Bellemont is a populated place in Pottawatomie County,

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

at an elevation of 1,047 feet. It is located less than 7 miles west-southwest of Prague, Oklahoma. Bellemont was one of the possible birthplaces of

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native ...

, Olympian in the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games.

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Unincorporated communities in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub