There may be other Belmonts in the U.S.--the one in New York is home to the famed racetrack; Belmont, Massachusetts made history during the Revolutionary War; and the small town of Belmont, North Carolina is home to Belmont Abbey College. But there's just one "beautiful mountain" (the French translation for Belmont) in this part of the world.
So to help identify residents, business owners and assorted Belmont, Calif. wanna-be's, (hear that San Carlos?), the Belmont Chamber of Commerce has designed a special t-shirt boasting that familiar Belmont postal zip code, 94002, on the front, and the area code, 650, on the back.
The blue Hanes t-shirts are available in adult sizes M,L,XL, and XXL for $15 each. To order, send your size, name, address, phone and email to:
Belmont Chamber of Commerce
1059A Alameda de las Pulgas
Belmont, CA 94002
For more information, call 650-595-3145, or go to
As a long-time resident of Belmont, Mass. – despite 20 year here, some consider us "new comers" – I love the idea of a "Belmont" t-shirt and will get one as evidence that there is a Belmont on the left coast. As for the other Belmonts, Belmont racetrack is in Elmont, NY on Long Island - it was named after one of the founders - and Belmont, Mass. wasn't incorporated until 1859 so not much happened here during the Revolutionary War (although the Regulars did travel to and from Concord and Lexington a few miles to the north) as this was mostly farm land and orchards. Belmont IS known for McLean Hospital (the psychiatric hospital for the well-to-do and future authors), the John Birch Society, Mitt Romney - a resident of more than 35 years - and one of the best open enrollment high schools in the country.
Eager to get our shirts. Out. Go 9er's! WISConsin72 BELM0NT 58 Southeast McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona
Denny Lawhern Belmont Historian