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Squeezed in between San Carlos and San Mateo is the quiet peninsula town of Belmont. Incorporated in 1926, it became an integral part of the peninsula as a suburb of San Francisco. Currently nearing the century mark of its incorporation, Belmont has come a long way, and has become the thriving community it is today.
Let’s take a look at it in its rear view mirror:
Before Belmont was even considered a suburb, it started as part of a 35,240-acre Spanish land grant known as Rancho de las Pulgas in 1795. It was on this land where many local Ohlone tribes lived, many of whom were converted to Christianity.
In 1850, Belmont was settled as a stage coach station. That year, Charles Aubrey Angelo, an Englishman, established Angelo’s Road House at the intersection of today’s Old County Road and Ralston Avenue. Said location was initially known as Angelo’s Corners, before officially becoming known as Belmont in 1853.
The name “Belmont”, is thought to have been derived from “bel monte,” the Italian phrase for beautiful mountain. In 1854 a U.S. Post Office was established and became the third post office in what was then known as San Francisco County.
[To be continued….]
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