Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Amherst came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), 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.

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Amherst was listed as Amherst Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Amherst was listed as Amherst Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

Amherst was listed as Amherst Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Amherst was listed as Amherst Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (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>

We found Amherst in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Amherst for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Amherst. See our Misc Page for Amherst for more information.