Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Amherst came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Amherst in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Amherst. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Amherst data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Amherst is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The GNIS database contains an entry for Amherst. See our Misc Page for Amherst for more information.