Amherst

Amherst is a city of 12,000 people in the Greater Cleveland area, near the Lake Erie shore. It has been called the Sandstone Center of the World. Its quarries were an important source of grindstones.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: city in Ohio, United States
  • Also known as: Amherst Corners”, “Amherst, OH”, “Amherst, Ohio”, “Amherstville”, “Amhurst”, “Four Corners”, “North Amherst”, and “Plato
  • Postal code: 44001

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whiskyville.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . is situated 2 miles south of Amherst.

Amherst

Latitude
41.3978° or 41° 23′ 52″ north
Longitude
-82.2224° or 82° 13′ 21″ west
Population
12,900
Elevation
689 feet (210 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ZAH
Open location code
86HV9QXH+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153922443
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5145695
Wiki­data ID
Q2232720
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Amherst” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أمهرست
  • Basque: Amherst
  • Catalan: Amherst
  • Cebuano: Amherst
  • Chechen: Эмгерст
  • Chinese: Amherst
  • Danish: Amherst
  • Dutch: Amherst
  • Egyptian Arabic: امهرست
  • Finnish: Amherst
  • French: Amherst
  • German: Amherst
  • Gilaki: أمرست (اؤهایؤ)
  • Gilaki: أمرست
  • Haitian: Amherst, Ohio
  • Haitian: Amherst
  • Ido: Amherst, Ohio
  • Ido: Amherst
  • Irish: Amherst
  • Italian: Amherst
  • Japanese: アマースト
  • Kazakh: Amxerst
  • Kazakh: Амхерст
  • Kazakh: امحەرست
  • Kirghiz: Амхерст
  • Ladin: Amherst
  • Malagasy: Amherst, Ohio
  • Malagasy: Amherst
  • Min Nan Chinese: Amherst
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Amherst
  • Persian: امهرست، اوهایو
  • Persian: امهرست
  • Polish: Amherst
  • Portuguese: Amherst
  • Russian: Амхерст
  • Serbian: Амхерст, Охајо
  • Serbian: Амхерст
  • Serbo-Croatian: Amherst, Ohio
  • Serbo-Croatian: Amherst
  • South Azerbaijani: امهرست، اوهایو
  • Spanish: Amherst (Ohio)
  • Spanish: Amherst
  • Swedish: Amherst, Ohio
  • Swedish: Amherst
  • Tatar: Эмгерст (Огайо)
  • Tatar: Эмгерст
  • Turkish: Amherst, Ohio
  • Turkish: Amherst
  • Ukrainian: Емгерст
  • Vietnamese: Amherst, Ohio
  • Vietnamese: Amherst
  • Volapük: Amherst
  • Waray (Philippines): Amherst, Ohio
  • Waray (Philippines): Amherst
  • Welsh: Amherst, Ohio
  • Welsh: Amherst

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