Belott, Texas
Belott is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. The population was 101 according to the 2000 census.

History
The community was first settled around the time of the American Civil War. It was named for a prominent early settler, Andrew J. Belott, who is buried in the New Energy Cemetery. A post office operated in the community from 1890 to 1908. By the 1930s the settlement had a church, four stores, and an estimated population of fifty. Residents moved elsewhere after World War II, and by the mid-1960s, it had one store and a church. The population was 20 in 1965. Today the settlement is considered a dispersed rural community with a population of 101 as of 2000.

On May 31, 2004, an F0 tornado briefly touched down in Belott, but no damage was reported.

Geography
Belott is located on Farm to Market Road 1733,  northeast of Crockett in east-central Houston County.

Education
The community's first school was built in the 1870s. It also had a school in the 1930s. In 1936 the school was merged with a school in nearby Glover, Texas, and in 1968 the Glover school became part of the Kennard Independent School District.

References

Unincorporated communities in Houston County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas