Belmont is a Roanoke,

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located in southeast Roanoke. It borders the neighborhoods of Hollins and

Williamson Road Williamson Road is an approximately 8.0 mi (12.9 km) long road in Roanoke City and Roanoke County, Virginia. The road runs from downtown Roanoke in the south through the Botetourt County line in the north. For the majority of its length William ...

on the north, Morningside and South Jefferson to the south,

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on the west and Fallon on the east. Today the neighborhood is bisected by

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(Bullitt/Jamison Avenue) and is bordered by

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to the west.

History

Originally established as a neighborhood serving workers of the neighboring

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, the majority of the development in Belmont dates from between the 1890s and 1950s. The Southeast Action Forum serves as the citizen advocacy group for the neighborhood. The Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church and Roanoke City Firehouse No. 6 are listed on the

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References

External links

Belmont-Fallon Neighborhood Plan

Southeast Action Forum
{{coord, display=title, 37.269506, -79.931218 Neighborhoods in Roanoke, Virginia