Amherst

Summary

Amherst is a New England town^[1]. Amherst ranks in the top 2% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Amherst is located in Hampshire County^[3].
• Amherst is in the country of United States^[4].
• Amherst's image is recorded as Downtown Amherst 6.JPG^[5].
• Amherst's instance of is recorded as New England town^[6].
• Amherst's instance of is recorded as college town^[7].
• Amherst's flag image is recorded as Flag of Amherst, Massachusetts.png^[8].
• Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst is named after Amherst^[9].
• Amherst's seal image is recorded as Seal of Amherst, Massachusetts.svg^[10].
• Amherst's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arcachon^[11].
• Amherst's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kanegasaki^[12].
• Amherst's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 35150868148322070886^[13].
• Amherst's GND ID is recorded as 4120880-8^[14].
• Amherst's locator map image is recorded as Amherst ma highlight.png^[15].
• Amherst's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79054963^[16].
• Amherst's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 160286438^[17].
• Amherst's IdRef ID is recorded as 166755656^[18].
• Amherst's postal code is recorded as 01002^[19].
• Amherst's postal code is recorded as 01003^[20].
• Amherst's postal code is recorded as 01004^[21].
• Amherst's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampshire district^[22].
• Amherst's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district^[23].
• Amherst's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire and Franklin district^[24].
• Amherst's Commons category is recorded as Amherst, Massachusetts^[25].
• Amherst's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1839150^[26].
• Amherst's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Amherst is in the country of United States^[4]. Amherst is located in Hampshire County^[3]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampshire district^[22], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district^[28], in United States^[29]; Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district^[23], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district^[30], in United States^[31]; and Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire and Franklin district^[24], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district^[32], in United States^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Amherst's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+27.8'}^[34]. Amherst's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+90'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+37819'}^[36], {'amount': '+34874'}^[37], and {'amount': '+39263'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include New England town^[6] and college town^[7].

History and Context

+1703-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Amherst^[39]. Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst is named after Amherst^[9].

Why It Matters

Amherst ranks in the top 2% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month).^[2] Amherst has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Amherst is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]