Amherst
Amherst is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 248 at the 2020 census.- Type: Village with 248 residents
- Description: town in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Amherst, Maine” and “Amherst, ME”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aurora and Osborn.
Aurora
Village
Aurora is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The town was named for the goddess of dawn. The population was 93 at the 2020 census. The Brick School House, a historic schoolhouse, is located in Aurora. Aurora is situated 2½ miles northeast of Amherst.
Osborn
Village
Osborn is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 65 at the 2020 census. Osborn is situated 3 miles southeast of Amherst.
Amherst
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.83243° or 44° 49′ 57″ north
Longitude
-68.36407° or 68° 21′ 51″ west
Population
248
Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US 7AH
Open location code
87PHRJJP+X9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Amherst” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Amherst”
- Catalan: “Amherst”
- Cebuano: “Amherst”
- Chechen: “Эмгерст”
- Chinese: “阿默斯特”
- Dutch: “Amherst”
- French: “Amherst”
- German: “Amherst”
- Haitian: “Amherst, Maine”
- Haitian: “Amherst”
- Hungarian: “Amherst”
- Italian: “Amherst”
- Kazakh: “Amxerst”
- Kazakh: “Амхерст”
- Kazakh: “امحەرست”
- Kirghiz: “Амхерст”
- Mazanderani: “امهرست”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amherst”
- Norwegian: “Amherst”
- Persian: “امهرست، ماین”
- Persian: “امهرست”
- Polish: “Amherst”
- Russian: “Амхерст”
- Serbian: “Амхерст, Мејн”
- Serbian: “Амхерст”
- South Azerbaijani: “آمهرزت، مئین”
- Spanish: “Amherst”
- Swedish: “Amherst, Maine”
- Swedish: “Amherst”
- Tatar: “Эмгерст”
- Turkish: “Amherst”
- Ukrainian: “Емгерст”
- Urdu: “ایمرسٹ، مین”
- Volapük: “Amherst”
- Welsh: “Amherst, Maine”
- Welsh: “Amherst”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Amherst Town Hall and Amherst Cemetery.
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