Amherst Center, Massachusetts

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Typical abbreviation for Amherst Center: Amherst Ctr. (less commonly used: Amherst Cen., Amherst Cent. or Amherst Cntr.)

Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County.

Time Zone: Amherst Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Hatfield	3,258	W	4 mi [6.44 km]
Pelham	1,404	E	5 mi [8.05 km]
Leverett	1,746	N	6 mi [9.66 km]
Sunderland	3,721	N	6 mi [9.66 km]
Northampton	28,411	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]

To learn about neighboring communities, please visit the Amherst Center Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Amherst Center had a population of 17,050 people. This represented 0.27% of the total population of Massachusetts, making it the state's 133rd most populous community.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Amherst Center, but the name seems to be unique to this community.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Amherst Center. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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