Census Data for Amherst

As far as we can tell, Amherst has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Amherst, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Canton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Fillmore County
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Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Fillmore County
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Lanesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lanesboro is located in Fillmore County
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Mabel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Fillmore County
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Whalan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whalan is located in Fillmore County
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Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Fillmore County
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Peterson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Peterson is located in Fillmore County
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Spring Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Houston County
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Rushford Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rushford Village is located in Fillmore County
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Fountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain is located in Fillmore County
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Rushford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rushford is located in Fillmore County
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Cresco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco is located in Howard County (IA)
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- Caledonia
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  - Caledonia is located in Houston County
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- Houston
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  - Houston is located in Houston County
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- Wykoff
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  - Wykoff is located in Fillmore County
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Fillmore County ...

Amherst is located in Fillmore County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fillmore County.

Miscellaneous Information for Amherst ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Fillmore County or the community of Amherst:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Amherst:
- GNIS ID for Amherst: 654566
- GNIS ID for Fillmore County: 659468
- GNIS ID for State of Minnesota: 662849

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 27 (Minnesota)
- County Code: 045 (Fillmore County)
- Place Code: 01378 (Amherst)
- State & County Code: 27/045 (Minnesota / Fillmore County)
- State & Place Code: 27/01378 (Minnesota / Amherst)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Amherst is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Amherst.

Footnotes ...

<1>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Fillmore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.