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Almont was first settled in 1828 by James Deneen.
It received a post office in 1835 named Bristol, for Oliver Bristol, the second permanent settler.
The village was platted as Newburg in 1836.
James Thompson, who donated the town clock that is located in the steeple of the First Congregational Church, is said to have proposed the name " Almont " in 1846 to honor the Mexican general, Juan Almonte.
" This interpretation of the naming of the town ( after General Almonte ), although it is a version backed up by a newspaper story, and recorded in Hildamae Bowman's book on the history of Almont ( Almont, The Tale of Then and Now, 1985 ) is open to question.
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