Amherst, New York

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Amherst is located in Erie County.

Amherst is 180 feet [54.86 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Communities that are also named Amherst can be found in:

While we we don't have population counts for Amherst, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Amherst).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008<3> Population	Change Since 2000
	Buffalo	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	270,919	7.42% decrease
	Clarence	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	28,064	7.43% increase
	Hamburg	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	55,868	0.69% decrease
	Lancaster	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	40,298	3.28% increase
	Lockport	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	20,630	7.4% decrease
	Niagara Falls	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	51,345	7.64% decrease
	<*>   When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.

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

Website for Amherst

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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. 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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