Belmont, PA

Belmont is a Cambria County census-designated place spread across southern Stonycreek Township and western Richland Township, touching Johnstown at its northwest corner. The 2020 census counted 2,771 residents. The Stonycreek River forms the southern boundary, with Somerset County across the water, and the roads run through the hills between Johnstown, Geistown, Lorain, and the Richland Township countryside. Belmont is divided between Richland School District and Greater Johnstown School District, a sign that this is a community straddling two township landscapes rather than a separate borough center.

Johnstown supplies the nearest regional reference point, with the Stonycreek and Little Conemaugh rivers meeting at The Point and Sargents Stadium sitting on that confluence. Stonycreek Township's Highland Park adds 137 acres of woods, ball fields, and picnic areas to the wider local map. The township's park system gives those dispersed roads a few shared destinations. Belmont's local scoop is a south-Cambria community with one river boundary, two townships, and a direct line into Johnstown's valley roads and institutions.