Bellemont is a populated place in

Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Pottawatomie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,454. Its county seat is Shawnee. Pottawatomie County is part of the Shawnee, OK micropolitan statistical area, which iPottawa ...

, at an elevation of 1,047 feet. It is located less than 7 miles west-southwest of

Prague, Oklahoma Prague ( ) is a city in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,356 at the 2020 census, a 1.76 percent decrease from the figure of 2,388 in 2010. Czech immigrants founded the city, and named it after the Prague, capital of ...

. Bellemont was one of the possible birthplaces of

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe (; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional American football, football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was ...

, Olympian in the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games.

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