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:

Knoxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
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Louisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Louisville is located in Blount County
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Alcoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alcoa is located in Blount County
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Farragut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farragut is located in Knox County
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Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
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Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Anderson County
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Maryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maryville is located in Blount County
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Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Anderson County
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Friendsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Friendsville is located in Blount County
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Lenoir City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lenoir City is located in Loudon County
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Norris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norris is located in Anderson County
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Oliver Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oliver Springs is located in Anderson County
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- Rocky Top
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  - Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
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  - Former names for Rocky Top:
  - Coal Creek
  - Lake City
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- Greenback
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  - Greenback is located in Loudon County
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- Blaine
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Blaine is located in Grainger County
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Knox County ...

Amherst is located in Knox County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Knox 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 Knox 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: 1275661
- GNIS ID for Knox County: 1639761
- GNIS ID for State of Tennessee: 1325873

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 47 (Tennessee)
- County Code: 093 (Knox County)
- Place Code: 01060 (Amherst)
- State & County Code: 47/093 (Tennessee / Knox County)
- State & Place Code: 47/01060 (Tennessee / Amherst)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Amherst is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-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 Tennessee's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.