Belmont is a

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within the town of Amity in

Allegany County, New York Allegany County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,456. Its county seat is Belmont. Its name derives from a Lenape word, applied by European-American settlers of Western New York State to ...

, United States. Belmont is the

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of Allegany County. The population was 969 at the 2010 census. The name means "beautiful hill". The village is centrally located in Amity and is northeast of Olean.

History

The village of Belmont was incorporated in 1871 as "Philipsville", named after early settler Philip Church. The settlement was originally called "Philipsburg". When the village assumed the community of Miltonville on the east bank of the Genesee River, it was renamed "Belmont". The village became the county seat in 1859, replacing the village of

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. The following are listed on the

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: Belmont Grange No. 1243, Belmont Literary and Historical Society Free Library, and the Belmont Hotel.

Geography

Belmont is located at (42.2257, -78.0319). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land. The village is split by the

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and is at the junctions of NY Route 19, NY Route 244 and County Road 48. Belmont is on the mainline of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad.

Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 952 people, 392 households, and 241 families in the village. The population density was . There were 449 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.11% White, 0.95% Black or African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 2.52% from two or more races. 1.05% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 392 households 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 33.7% of households were one person and 18.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.98. The age distribution was 25.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. The median household income was $29,545 and the median family income was $35,625. Males had a median income of $28,365 versus $20,781 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,149. About 9.9% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the

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, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

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* {{authority control Populated places established in 1871 Villages in New York (state) County seats in New York (state) New York (state) populated places on the Genesee River Villages in Allegany County, New York 1871 establishments in New York (state)