Amherst Center
Amherst Center is a census-designated place in the City of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The CDP covers the primary village in town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 19,100 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Amherst Center, MA” and “Amherst Center, Massachusetts”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emily Dickinson Museum and Amherst West Cemetery.
Emily Dickinson Museum
Museum
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The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.
Amherst West Cemetery
Park
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Amherst West Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Triangle Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 4-acre cemetery was first laid out in 1730, when the voters of Hadley elected to establish a new burying ground in its eastern precinct.
Mead Art Museum
Museum
Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and East Village Historic District.
Amherst
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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.
East Village Historic District
Neighborhood
The East Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street.
North Amherst
Village
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North Amherst is a census-designated place in the city of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,819 at the 2010 census, up from 6,019 at the 2000 census. North Amherst is situated 2½ miles north of Amherst Center.
Amherst Center
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Amherst Center” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أمهيرست سنتر”
- Cebuano: “Amherst Center”
- Chechen: “Емгерст-Сентер”
- Chinese: “阿默斯特森特”
- Egyptian Arabic: “امهيرست سنتر”
- French: “Amherst Center”
- German: “Amherst Center”
- Irish: “Amherst Center”
- Italian: “Amherst Center”
- Ladin: “Amherst Center”
- Persian: “مرکز امهرست، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “مرکز امهرست”
- Polish: “Amherst Center”
- Portuguese: “Amherst Center”
- Serbian: “Амерст Сентер”
- Serbian: “Амхерст Сентер, Масачусетс”
- Serbian: “Амхерст Сентер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Amherst Center, Massachusetts”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Amherst Center”
- Spanish: “Amherst Center”
- Tatar: “Емгерст-Сентер”
- Turkish: “Amherst Center”
- Ukrainian: “Емгерст-Сентер”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Amherst Common and Strong House.
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