Belmont Pennsylvania Map

About Belmont, Pennsylvania

Belmont is a locality in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,771. The population density is 609.6 people per km². Belmont is located at 40.2813°N, 78.8846°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 19104, 17930, 15904.

Belmont emerges from the low, stubborn rise of the Pennsylvania landscape, where the earth holds a quiet, sedimentary weight beneath a canopy of hardwoods. It lies 2.2 miles west-northwest of Philadelphia, PA (from Philadelphia, PA: bearing 294°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Morris. The air here carries a persistent, damp coolness that rises from the Schuylkill River, a waterway that cuts a deliberate, darkening path through the local topography just a mile away. At the edge of the residential grid, the 39th & Olive Playground offers a patch of maintained grass and rusted iron, a modest clearing where the light of late afternoon catches the dust motes and turns them into drifting, gilded filaments. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the terrain slopes toward the distant, low-lying drainage of League Island, grounding Belmont in a region defined by its heavy soil and the slow, inexorable turning of the seasons.

Industry and commerce in Belmont have long followed the rhythm of the rail lines and the brick-fronted shops that define its central thoroughfare, echoing a time when the labor of the valley dictated the pace of the clock. While the echoes of older, heavier manufacturing have faded, the town retains a self-contained character, marked by the sturdy masonry of its older buildings and a preoccupation with the practical maintenance of its own borders. Residents often look toward the western horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a reminder of the vast, forested interior that separates this locality from the wider reach of the continent. Even with the lure of Hopkins Pond ten miles out, the daily life of Belmont remains tethered to the familiar streets and the steady, unadorned pulse of a place that prefers its own quiet consistency to the frantic movement of the outside world.

About This Belmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belmont, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.281262, -78.884561. 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 (19104, 17930, 15904), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Philadelphia County (Philadelphia), and school district assignment (Richland School District).

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.