1. Belmont has had three names. Originally it was an Indian village known as Pequosette. It was renamed Watertown in the 1630s, and eventually separated from Watertown in 1859, taking the name “Belmont” from the estate of its largest landowner and supporter of incorporation John P. Cushing.
3. Belmont is almost entirely residential and is often known as “The Town of Homes”
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