Belmont North Carolina Map

About Belmont, North Carolina

Belmont is a locality in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of 15,010. The population density is 476.6 people per km². Belmont is located at 35.2213°N, 81.0411°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Belmont is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27320, 27870, 28144.

Belmont occupies a stretch of the Piedmont where the earth rises in soft, clay-thick swells, holding the heat of the afternoon sun long after the shadows have lengthened. It lies 2.0 miles east-southeast of Statesville, NC (from Statesville, NC: bearing 111°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-northeast of Troutman. The horizon to the west remains flat and hazy, though on the clearest days, one might catch a faint, jagged suggestion of the Blue Ridge Mountains standing sentinel far beyond the reach of the local woods. Within the immediate boundaries, the land finds a quiet focus at Kimborough Park / Playground, where the soil is pressed firm by the activity of generations. A few miles away, the waters of Fourth Creek move with a slow, deliberate persistence, carving a path through the red dirt toward the quiet expanse of Brookdale Lake, which gathers the runoff of the surrounding canopy into a singular, glass-still basin.

Belmont carries the weight of a textile heritage that once defined the rhythm of every household, leaving behind brick silhouettes that now house a different kind of commerce. Where the rhythmic clatter of spindles once dictated the pulse of the day, a more deliberate pace has emerged, focused on the steady trade of a modernizing economy. The architecture of the older mill buildings remains a physical anchor, standing as a reminder of the labor that built these streets before the transition toward suburban professional life took hold. Residents move through the day with a grounded courtesy, acknowledging the proximity of the water and the woods as they navigate the transitions between the industry of the past and the quiet, evolving character of the present.

About This Belmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belmont, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.221284, -81.041089. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Belmont includes the ZIP code (27320, 27870, 28144), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Iredell County (Statesville), and school district assignment (Gaston County Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.