Massachusetts
Hampshire
Town of Amherst

Amherst Center

Amherst Center is a census-designated place in the City of in , , United States. The CDP covers the primary village in town.
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  • Type: Village 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 Amherst West Cemetery and Emily Dickinson Museum.

Park
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is a historic on Triangle Street in . The 4-acre cemetery was first laid out in 1730, when the voters of elected to establish a new burying ground in its eastern precinct.

Museum
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The 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 poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.

Museum
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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.

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is a town in the of Western Massachusetts. is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, College, and Hampshire College.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of , United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street.

Village
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is a census-designated place in the city of in , , United States. The population was 6,819 at the 2010 census, up from 6,019 at the 2000 census. is situated 2½ miles north of Amherst Center.

Amherst Center

Latitude
42.37773° or 42° 22′ 40″ north
Longitude
-72.52016° or 72° 31′ 13″ west
Population
19,100
Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US YAM
Open location code
87J99FHH+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13388820240
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4929023
Wiki­data ID
Q4746019
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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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