THE BELMONT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Permian Hills setting.
Belmont city has 0.41 square miles of land in Pleasants County. Its Census reference point is in Permian Hills, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Belmont and Pleasants County
Belmont is associated with Pleasants County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Belmont by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Belmont, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 2.8 percentage points lower than the 3.3% recorded for Pleasants County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Belmont city has 39.8% of the land area of nearby St. Marys city (1.02 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.