Amherst, Massachusetts (usa)

Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts ranks 1,488th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bad Kreuznach, Shimonoseki, and Barnaul. Memorable people born in Amherst, Massachusetts include Emily Dickinson, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Stuart Symington. Memorable people who died in Amherst, Massachusetts include Emily Dickinson, and Lynn Margulis. Amherst, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and biologists. Amherst, Massachusetts is located in United States.

Amherst is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massachusetts municipalities that have city forms of government but retain "The Town of" in their official names. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,263, making it the highest populated municipality in Hampshire County. The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, three of the Five Colleges. Read more on Wikipedia