Amherst
Amherst is a town in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Amherst is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College.Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: DyanFrench, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 39,300 residents
- Description: town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
- Postal codes: 01002-01004
Notable Places in the Area
Emily Dickinson Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens.
Mead Art Museum
Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Photo: Anc516, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts, on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Localities in the Area
South Amherst
South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. South Amherst is situated 4 km south of Amherst.North Amherst
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Amherst is a census-designated place in the city of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. North Amherst is situated 4 km north of Amherst.
Amherst
- Categories: New England town, college town and locality
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3732° or 42° 22' 24" northLongitude
-72.5199° or 72° 31' 12" westPopulation
39,300Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)Open Location Code
87J99FFJ+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 158816286OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
4929022Wikidata ID
Q49164Amherst Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أميرست
- Armenian: Ամհերսթ
- Armenian: Էմըրսթ
- Asturian: Amherst
- Basque: Amherst
- Belarusian: Амгэрст
- Belarusian: Амхерст
- Bulgarian: Амхърст
- Catalan: Amherst
- Cebuano: Amherst
- Central Kurdish: ئەمھێرتس
- Chechen: Эмгерст (Массачусетс)
- Chechen: Эмгерст
- Chinese: 安默斯特
- Chinese: 阿姆斯特
- Chinese: 阿姆赫斯特 (馬薩諸塞州)
- Chinese: 阿姆赫斯特 (马萨诸塞州)
- Chinese: 阿姆赫斯特
- Chinese: 阿默斯特
- Czech: Amherst
- Dagbani: Amherst
- Danish: Amherst
- Dutch: Amherst
- Egyptian Arabic: اميرست ، ماساتشوستس
- English: Amherst, MA
- English: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Esperanto: Amherst
- Estonian: Amherst
- French: Amherst
- Galician: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Galician: Amherst
- Georgian: ამჰერსტი
- German: Amherst
- Greek: Άμερστ
- Hebrew: אמהרסט
- Hungarian: Amherst
- Irish: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Irish: Amherst
- Italian: Amherst
- Japanese: アマースト
- Kazakh: Амхэрст
- Kirghiz: Амхэрст
- Korean: 애머스트
- Latin: Amherst
- Latin: Amherstium
- Luxembourgish: Amherst
- Norwegian Bokmål: Amherst
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Amherst
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Amherst i Massachusetts
- Occitan (post 1500): Amherst
- Persian: امهرست، ماساچوست
- Polish: Amherst
- Portuguese: Amherst
- Romanian: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Romanian: Amherst
- Russian: Амхерст
- Scots: Amherst
- Serbian: Амхерст
- Silesian: Amherst (Massachusetts)
- Silesian: Amherst
- Slovak: Amherst
- Slovenian: Amherst
- South Azerbaijani: امهرست، ماساچوست
- Spanish: Amherst
- Spanish: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Swedish: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Swedish: Amherst
- Tajik: Амҳерст
- Tatar: Эмгерст (Массачусетс)
- Tatar: Эмгерст
- Turkish: Amherst, MA
- Turkish: Amherst, Mass.
- Turkish: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Turkish: Amherst
- Ukrainian: Емгерст
- Volapük: Amherst
- Welsh: Amherst, Massachusetts
- Welsh: Amherst
- Yiddish: אמהערסט
- Yue Chinese: 岩靴士
- Amherst Village
- Hadley East
- Hadley East Precinct
- Hadley Third Precinct
- Third Precinct
- אמהערסט, מאסאטשוסעטס
- ئەمھێرست
Other Places Named Amherst
Localities in the Area
- East VillageHamlet
- Mill ValleyHamlet
- PlainvilleHamlet
- West PelhamHamlet, 4 km east
- Amherst WoodsHamlet, 4 km southeast
Popular Destinations in Pioneer Valley
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