Belmont, MA

MBTA: Belmont can be reached through the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line out of North Station with a stop at Belmont Center.

Belmont, also known as the “Town of Homes” due to its high percentage of residences, is located about 7 miles northwest of Boston. In its early days, Belmont served as an agrarian based town with large farms servicing Boston. It remained this way until the turn of the 20^th century when a trolley service and better roads were introduced, attracting a large residential population. Today, the town features an impressive mansion-filled neighborhood known as Belmont Hill. Notable residents of Belmont include 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Nobel Prize winner organic chemist Robert Burns Woodward.