Farmers’ Co-op and Grain Elevator in Belmont, Kansas, courtesy of Google Maps.
Belmont, Kansas, is an extinct town in Kingman County.
W.H. Starr helped found the community. Belmont gained a post office on July 15, 1879. With a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Belmont showed much promise in its early days. At one time, the town had several churches, a brick general store run by Mr. Starr, a meat market run by one of his sons, a Woodmen of the World meeting hall, a school, a blacksmith shop, and a railroad depot.
Belmont, Kansas, 1913.
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 September 2026.
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