Farmers’ Co-op and Grain Elevator in Belmont, Kansas, courtesy of Google Maps.
Belmont, Kansas, is an extinct town in Kingman County.
Belmont, Kansas, 1913.
W. H. Starr was one of the community’s founders. Belmont gained a post office on July 15, 1879. A station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Belmont showed much promise in its early days. At one time, there were several churches, a brick general store operated by Mr. Starr, a meat market operated by one of his sons, a Woodmen of the World meeting hall, a school, a blacksmith shop, and a railroad depot.
In 1910, the town had a money order post office, an express office, a public school, some retail trade, and a population of 150.
After almost a century, the post office closed on September 16, 1971. This small town has several homes, a Farmers’ Co-Op, and a grain elevator.
It is located 12 miles southeast of Kingman.
An old church in Belmont, Kansas, courtesy of Google Maps.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated April 2024.
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