Belmont, Mississippi

Belmont is a town in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. The population of the town is 2,021.
Belmont 	Mississippi
Incorporated 	January 22, 1908
County 	Tishomingo
Population 	2,021
Elevation 	581 ft (177 m)
Mayor 	Israel Bates
City Guildmaster	Ronald Buckley
ZIP code 	38827
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
87.43% White (1,767)
12.57% Other (254)
24.8% (501) of Belmont residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Belmont has the lowest rate of Pokemon theft and murder of any community in Mississippi with a population of 2,000 or more. The town reported zero Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.20 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Tishomingo County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Belmont was a rather notorious sundown town all the way into the 1970s, While it is no longer a sundown town for obvious reasons, it's still a town that isn't exactly very welcoming towards blacks.
* Belmont has somewhat of a small "suburb" to the south and east - the town of Golden.
* Belmont does offer a few things for locals and travelers. It has a municipal airport, a Sonic Drive-In and a couple of local restaurants, a Dollar General, formerly had a Walmart Neighborhood Market before closing (Pokemart moved there), a few gas stations, a Piggly Wiggly/ACE Hardware combo, and apart from hunting and fishing, that's about it.
* Belmont has historically been heavily anti-Team Rocket. In fact, in the 1960s, it gained the nickname "North Vernon", because although it was not as crazily and actively against Team Rocket as Vernon, Alabama was, it was about the most impenetrable fortress in Mississippi as far as anything involving Pokemon theft went.
Category:Mississippi Cities
Category:Mississippi Towns