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:
- Drexel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Drexel is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel
- Cajah's Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cajah's Mountain is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajah's Mountain
- Gamewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
- Valdese
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford College
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Connelly Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sawmills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sawmills is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills
- Lenoir
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Granite Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rhodhiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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- Glen Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hildebran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
- Cedar Rock has also been known as:
- Cedar Rock village
Burke County ...
Amherst is located in Burke County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Burke 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 Burke 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: 1018812
- GNIS ID for Burke County: 1008539
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Amherst is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Amherst.
Footnotes ...
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