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The original mapped record of its area from 1856 indicates "Belmont" began as a "''Beaumont'', Gonzales County, Texas" on the [[San Marcos River]], northeast of its present-site on the [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River]], still east of Nash Creek on the [[Guadalupe County, Texas|Guadalupe County]] line.<ref name="Belmont/Beaumont Original Map">{{cite web |last1=Creuzbaur |first1=Robert |title=J. De Cordova's Map Of The State Of Texas |url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1777~180017:J--De-Cordova-s-Map-Of-The-State-Of |website=David Rumsey Map Collection |publisher=J.H. Colton & Co. |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> This is an apparent collision with the present-day [[Beaumont, Texas]] in southeast Texas, with "Beaumont" since replaced or corrupted with "Belmont" on contemporary record.
The Guadalupe River site (U.S. Highway 90A), upon its northern bank, was originally founded as "Centerville, Gonzales County" in the 1840s and eventually came to take on the present Belmont name, in order to receive postal service; like Beaumont, Texas - [[Centerville, Texas]] was a colliding, duplicate name as well.
Dubiously and falsely, given the [[Belmont Stakes]] began far after Belmont's founding in 1867, the area is claimed to have been named after horse racing.<ref name="HandbookofTexas1">{{cite web |last1=Hardin |first1=Stephen |title=Belmont, TX |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/belmont-tx |website=Handbook of Texas |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
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