Town of Amherst
Town of Amherst is a locality in Hampshire, Massachusetts. Town of Amherst is situated nearby to the neighborhood East Village Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Mill Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emily Dickinson Museum and Mead Art Museum.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and South Amherst.
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.
South Amherst
Hamlet
South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census.
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 3½ miles north of Town of Amherst.
Town of Amherst
- Type: Locality with 39,800 residents
- Also known as: “Hadley East”, “Hadley Third Precint”, and “Third Precinct”
- Location: Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.3645° or 42° 21′ 52″ northLongitude
-72.5069° or 72° 30′ 25″ westPopulation
39,800Elevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
87J99F7V+Q7GeoNames ID
4929037
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