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Belton

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Belton

City in west-central Missouri, 19 km/12 mi south of Kansas City; population (1990) 18,200. It is a residential suburb and agricultural trade centre.

It was the home for some years of the US temperance agitator Carry Nation (1846-1911).

Belton

City and administrative headquarters of Bell County in central Texas, 14 km/9 mi west of Temple; population (1990) 12,500. It manufactures furniture, farm implements, and insulation materials. It is the seat of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, founded in 1845.

The city of Belton was founded in 1850, and is historically a farm and ranch trade centre. Belton Lake, a recreational asset, is to the north; Fort Hood is to the northwest.
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Why, it was from Melthorpe, which is only two miles from here, that Lady Belton eloped with Lord Fethersdale.
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