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==History== [[Image:Main Street Looking South, Belmont, NH.jpg|thumb|left|Main Street in 1908]] Originally known as "Upper Gilmanton", Belmont was chartered in 1727 as a parish of [[Gilmanton, New Hampshire|Gilmanton]]. With [[water power]] from the [[Tioga River (New Hampshire)|Tioga River]], it developed as a [[mill town]].<ref name="belmontnh.homestead.com">[http://belmontnh.homestead.com/Millsmillstreet.html History of the Belmont Mill (1833β2007)]</ref> Built in 1833, the Gilmanton Village Manufacturing Co. made [[cotton]] and [[woolen]] [[textile]]s. Over the years it would change owners, names and products. In 1921, it was the Belmont Hosiery Co., a maker of [[silk]], [[Cotton#Uses|lisle]] and woolen [[stocking]]s. It went out of business in 1955, and the renovated mill building is now a [[community center]].<ref name="belmontnh.homestead.com" /> Separated from Gilmanton by an act of [[New Hampshire General Court|legislature]], the town was incorporated on June 28, 1859, as Upper Gilmanton.<ref name="1875Belm">[http://gedcomindex.com/Reference/New_Hampshire_1875/064.html Article in ''Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire'' (1875)]</ref> The name Belmont was adopted in 1869 to honor [[August Belmont]], a wealthy financier who (it was hoped) would contribute to the nascent town, but he never acknowledged the act.<ref>[http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/belmont.html New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]</ref> In 1874, the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad passed through the northwestern section of Belmont, and service by the Franklin and Rochester Railroad was being planned.<ref name="1875Belm" /> The 1996β1998 adaptive reuse Belmont Mill project, federally funded through [[Community Development Block Grant]]s, a major private donation, and taxpayer support, has been distinguished by regional, statewide and national awards for architectural and preservation excellence. The Belmont Mill story is featured on a [[New Hampshire historical marker]] ([[List of New Hampshire historical markers (226β250)#235|number 235]]) on nearby [[New Hampshire Route 140]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/markers/documents/markers_bynumber.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127063523/http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/markers/documents/markers_bynumber.pdf |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=live |title=List of Markers by Marker Number |website=nh.gov |publisher=New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> and was cited in 2012 by the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance as one of the 25 milestone efforts of a quarter-century. The mill was added to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places in 2014, joining the 1792 Province Road Meeting House on [[New Hampshire Route 107]], listed since 2003. Other significant historic structures in the town include the [[Belmont Public Library (New Hampshire)|Belmont Public Library]], included on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1985, and the Bandstand, cited for outstanding restoration and rehabilitation in 2015 with the Elizabeth Durfee Hengen Award from the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.
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