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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Live/lived in Amherst</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Live/lived_in_Amherst-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="امهرست، ماساچوست – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="امهرست، ماساچوست" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82" title="Амхерст – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Амхерст" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%85%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82_(%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81)" title="Амхърст (Масачузетс) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Амхърст (Масачузетс)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Massachusetts)" title="Amherst (Massachusetts) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Amherst (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(lungsod_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Massachusetts)" title="Amherst (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Amherst (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst" title="Amherst – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Amherst" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Amherst, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst" title="Amherst – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Amherst" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Massachusetts)" title="Amherst (Massachusetts) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Amherst (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst" title="Amherst – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Amherst" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CF%84_(%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B7)" title="Άμερστ (Μασαχουσέτη) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άμερστ (Μασαχουσέτη)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Massachusetts)" title="Amherst (Massachusetts) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Amherst (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Masa%C4%89useco)" title="Amherst (Masaĉuseco) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Amherst (Masaĉuseco)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Massachusetts)" title="Amherst (Massachusetts) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Amherst (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA)" title="امهرست (ماساچوست) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="امهرست (ماساچوست)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_(Massachusetts)" title="Amherst (Massachusetts) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Amherst (Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Amherst, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Amherst, Massachusetts" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EB%A8%B8%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8_(%EB%A7%A4%EC%82%AC%EC%B6%94%EC%84%B8%EC%B8%A0%EC%A3%BC)" title="애머스트 (매사추세츠주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애머스트 (매사추세츠주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Amherst, Massachusetts</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Massachusetts" title="List of municipalities in Massachusetts">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Town of Amherst</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:Transparent;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px solid black;width:280px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:Transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amherst,_Massachusetts.jpg" 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href="/wiki/North_Amherst" class="mw-redirect" title="North Amherst">North Amherst</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>, Town Hall, Downtown Amherst</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Amherst,_Massachusetts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Amherst, Massachusetts"><img alt="Flag of Amherst, Massachusetts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts.png/100px-Flag_of_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts.png/150px-Flag_of_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts.png/200px-Flag_of_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts.png 2x" data-file-width="1421" data-file-height="830" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Amherst,_Massachusetts.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Amherst, Massachusetts"><img alt="Official seal of Amherst, Massachusetts" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-futureofcities-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-justschools_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justschools-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hampshire_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Amherst_highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Hampshire County in Massachusetts"><img alt="Location in Hampshire County in Massachusetts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Hampshire_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Amherst_highlighted.svg/250px-Hampshire_County_Massachusetts_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Amherst_highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="129" class="mw-file-element" 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nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Amherst,_Massachusetts&params=42_23_N_72_31_W_region:US-MA_type:city(39300)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°23′N</span> <span class="longitude">72°31′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.383°N 72.517°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.383; -72.517</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts" title="List of counties in Massachusetts">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1703</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">February 13, 1759</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Council–manager">Council–manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">27.7 sq mi (71.8 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">27.6 sq mi (71.5 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.1 sq mi (0.3 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">295 ft (90 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">39,263</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,422/sq mi (549.1/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">01002, 01003 (UMass), 01004 (post office boxes), 01059 (North Amherst post office; shared with <a href="/wiki/Leverett,_Massachusetts" title="Leverett, Massachusetts">Leverett</a>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_413" title="Area code 413">413</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25-01325</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0618195</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amherstma.gov">www<wbr />.amherstma<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Amherst</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/b\/b1\/En-us-Amherst.ogg\/En-us-Amherst.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-us-Amherst.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-Amherst.ogg/En-us-Amherst.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:En-us-Amherst.ogg" title="File:En-us-Amherst.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary-Amherst-Pronounce_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dictionary-Amherst-Pronounce-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire County, Massachusetts</a>, United States, in the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_River" title="Connecticut River">Connecticut River</a> valley. Amherst has a <a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Council–manager">council–manager</a> form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massachusetts municipalities that have city forms of government but retain "The Town of" in their official names.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 39,263,<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the highest populated municipality in Hampshire County (although the county seat is <a href="/wiki/Northampton,_Massachusetts" title="Northampton, Massachusetts">Northampton</a>). The town is home to <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>, three of the <a href="/wiki/Five_College_Consortium" title="Five College Consortium">Five Colleges</a>. </p><p>Amherst has three <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated places</a>: <a href="/wiki/Amherst_Center,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst Center, Massachusetts">Amherst Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="North Amherst, Massachusetts">North Amherst</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="South Amherst, Massachusetts">South Amherst</a>. </p><p>Amherst is part of the <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a> <a href="/wiki/Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. Lying 22 miles (35 km) north of the city of Springfield, Amherst is considered the northernmost town in the <a href="/wiki/Hartford%E2%80%93Springfield" title="Hartford–Springfield">Hartford–Springfield</a> Metropolitan Region, "The Knowledge Corridor". Amherst is also located in the <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Valley" title="Pioneer Valley">Pioneer Valley</a>, which encompasses Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the town is pronounced without the <i>h</i> ("AM-erst") by natives and long-time residents, giving rise to the local saying, "only the 'h' is silent", in reference both to the pronunciation and to the town's politically active populace.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar,_Amherst,_1903.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar%2C_Amherst%2C_1903.jpg/220px-Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar%2C_Amherst%2C_1903.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar%2C_Amherst%2C_1903.jpg/330px-Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar%2C_Amherst%2C_1903.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar%2C_Amherst%2C_1903.jpg/440px-Amherst_%26_Sunderland_streetcar%2C_Amherst%2C_1903.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2695" data-file-height="2007" /></a><figcaption>A streetcar for the <a href="/wiki/Amherst_and_Sunderland_Street_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Amherst and Sunderland Street Railway">Amherst and Sunderland Street Railway</a> crosses Amherst Center, in front of the town hall, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1903</span>.</figcaption></figure><p>The earliest known document of the lands now comprising Amherst is the deed of purchase dated December 1658 between John Pynchon of Springfield and three native inhabitants, referred to as Umpanchla, Quonquont, and Chickwalopp.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the deed, "ye Indians of Nolwotogg (Norwottuck) upon ye River of Quinecticott (Connecticut)" sold the entire area in exchange for "two Hundred fatham of <a href="/wiki/Wampam" class="mw-redirect" title="Wampam">Wampam</a> & Twenty fatham, and one large Coate at Eight fatham wch Chickwollop set of, of trusts, besides severall small giftes"  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>]. </p><p>Amherst was first visited by Europeans no later than 1665, when <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Dickinson_(pioneer)" title="Nathaniel Dickinson (pioneer)">Nathaniel Dickinson</a> surveyed the lands for its mother town <a href="/wiki/Hadley,_Massachusetts" title="Hadley, Massachusetts">Hadley</a>. The first permanent English settlements arrived in 1727. It remained a part of Hadley, even when it gained precinct status in 1734, before becoming a <a href="/wiki/Township_(United_States)" title="Township (United States)">township</a> in 1759. </p><p>When it incorporated, the colonial governor assigned the town the name "Amherst" after <a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst</a>. Many a colonial governor at the time scattered his name during the influx of new town applications, which is why several towns in the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a> bear the name. Amherst was Commander-in-Chief of the forces of North America during the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> who, according to popular legend, singlehandedly won Canada for the British and banished France from North America. Popular belief has it that he supported the American side in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a> and resigned his commission rather than fight for the British. Baron Amherst actually remained in the service of the Crown during the war—albeit in Great Britain rather than North America—where he organized the defense against the proposed Franco-Spanish <a href="/wiki/Armada_of_1779" title="Armada of 1779">Armada of 1779</a>. Nonetheless, his previous service in the French and Indian War meant he remained popular in New England. Amherst is also infamous for recommending, in a letter to a subordinate, the use of <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a>-covered blankets in warfare against the Native Americans along with any "other method that can serve to Extirpate this Execrable Race".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this reason, there have been occasional ad hoc movements to rename the town.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amherst celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2009. The Amherst 250th Anniversary Celebration Committee and Amherst Historical Society organized events, including a book published by the Historical Society and written by Elizabeth M. Sharpe, <i>Amherst A to Z</i>. </p><p>In 2021 the City Council voted to establish the <a href="/wiki/Amherst_African_Heritage_Reparation_Assembly" title="Amherst African Heritage Reparation Assembly">Amherst African Heritage Reparation Assembly</a> to study reparations for the town's black residents. In 2022, at the Assembly's suggestion, the City Council approved $2,000,000 of initial funding for reparations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_town_government">History of town government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History of town government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Town converted from an <a href="/wiki/Open_town_meeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Open town meeting">open town meeting</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Representative_town_meeting" title="Representative town meeting">representative town meeting</a> form in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-ALWV-YAG_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALWV-YAG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1953, Amherst voters passed the "Town Manager Act", which established the office of a town manager and reduced a number of elected positions.<sup id="cite_ref-ALWV-YAG_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALWV-YAG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, a charter commission was approved to study Amherst's government; the charter majority recommended a seven-person Council and a mayor, while also maintaining a reduced size representative Town Meeting (150).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal failed in two successive votes.<sup id="cite_ref-ALWV-YAG_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALWV-YAG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Women_Voters" title="League of Women Voters">League of Women Voters</a> Amherst made a number of recommendations that were adopted in 2001 in the form of a revised "Amherst Town Government Act".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An effort shortly thereafter to amend the charter to eliminate the town meeting, and establish an elected mayor and a nine-member Town Council,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was rejected by voters twice, first in spring 2003 by fourteen votes and again on March 29, 2005 by 252 votes. </p><p>In 2016, a charter commission was approved to study Amherst's government. A majority of commissioners proposed a charter that would establish a 13-member council with no mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal was voted on the March 27, 2018 local ballot,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was passed by over 1,000 votes, a 58% majority.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new town council was sworn in on December 2, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg/220px-Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg/330px-Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg/440px-Mount_Norwottuck_in_Autumn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Norwottuck" title="Mount Norwottuck">Mount Norwottuck</a></figcaption></figure><p> According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Amherst has a total area of 27.7 square miles (71.8 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 27.6 square miles (71.5 km<sup>2</sup>) are land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km<sup>2</sup>), or 0.48%, are water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Hadley,_Massachusetts" title="Hadley, Massachusetts">Hadley</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Massachusetts" title="Sunderland, Massachusetts">Sunderland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leverett,_Massachusetts" title="Leverett, Massachusetts">Leverett</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Shutesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Shutesbury, Massachusetts">Shutesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pelham,_Massachusetts" title="Pelham, Massachusetts">Pelham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Belchertown,_Massachusetts" title="Belchertown, Massachusetts">Belchertown</a> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/Granby,_Massachusetts" title="Granby, Massachusetts">Granby</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Hadley,_Massachusetts" title="South Hadley, Massachusetts">South Hadley</a> to the south. The highest point in the town is on the northern shoulder of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Norwottuck" title="Mount Norwottuck">Mount Norwottuck</a> at the southern border of the town; the peak is in Granby but the town's high point is a few yards away and is about 1,100 feet (340 m). This point is located in the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Holyoke_Range_State_Park" title="Mount Holyoke Range State Park">Mount Holyoke Range</a>, which forms the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Tofu_Curtain" title="Tofu Curtain">Tofu Curtain</a>". Amherst is nearly equidistant from Massachusetts' borders with <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg/220px-View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg/330px-View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg/440px-View_of_Amherst_MA_in_1886_-_LOC_00406u.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9056" data-file-height="4995" /></a><figcaption>Listing of sights in Amherst, 1886</figcaption></figure> <p>Amherst's <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> of 01002 is the second-lowest number in the continental United States after <a href="/wiki/Agawam,_Massachusetts" title="Agawam, Massachusetts">Agawam</a> (not counting codes used for specific government buildings such as the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">IRS</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Amherst has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> that under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen system</a> marginally falls into the warm-summer category (<i>Dfb</i>). It is interchangeable with the hot-summer subtype <i>Dfa</i> with July means hovering around 71.7 °F (22.1 °C). Winters are cold and snowy, albeit daytime temperatures often remain above freezing. Under the 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone system, Amherst (ZIP Code 01002) is in zone 5b;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, Amherst closely borders zone 6a, which penetrates into Massachusetts in the Connecticut River Valley, and climate change may be shifting those zones.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Amherst, Massachusetts, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.4<br />(13.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.4<br />(19.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.6<br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.9<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.6<br />(34.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.2<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.2<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.1<br />(31.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.9<br />(20.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">95.0<br />(35.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.2<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.2<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.5<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.0<br />(25.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.1<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.9<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.7<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.6<br />(15.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(−4.5) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(−3.2) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.5<br />(14.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.9<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.3<br />(16.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.2<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.2<br />(9.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(−10.1) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(−9.3) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(−4.4) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.4<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.0<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.2<br />(15.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.3<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(−1.6) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(−6.2) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.1<br />(2.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.7<br />(−20.9) </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.6<br />(−19.2) </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(−14.2) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(−5.4) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(−4.1) </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(−9.7) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(−15.9) </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(−22.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30<br />(−34) </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27<br />(−33) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−17<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4<br />(−20) </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−22<br />(−30) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−30<br />(−34) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.36<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.93<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.47<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #6BFF6B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.79<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.71<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.46<br />(113) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.12<br />(105) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.12<br />(105) </td> <td style="background: #4AFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.62<br />(117) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.74<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.38<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #6BFF6B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.89<br />(99) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.59<br />(1,182) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #000034; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.5<br />(93.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.8<br />(30) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #7B7BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">125.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census"> 1790</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,233</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census"> 1800</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,258</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census"> 1810</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,469</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census"> 1820</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,917</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+30.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census"> 1830</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,631</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+37.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census"> 1840</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,550</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census"> 1850</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,057</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+19.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census"> 1860</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,206</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census"> 1870</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,035</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+25.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census"> 1880</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">4,298</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+6.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census"> 1890</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,512</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census"> 1900</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,028</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census"> 1910</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,112</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census"> 1920</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,550</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census"> 1930</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">5,883</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+6.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census"> 1940</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,410</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census"> 1950</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,856</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+69.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census"> 1960</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,718</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+26.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census"> 1970</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">26,331</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+91.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census"> 1980</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">33,229</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+26.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census"> 1990</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,228</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census"> 2000</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,874</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census"> 2010</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">37,819</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census"> 2020</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">39,263</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2023*</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">40,277</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">* = population estimate<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />Source: <a href="/wiki/United_States_census" title="United States census">United States census</a> records and <a href="/wiki/Population_Estimates_Program" title="Population Estimates Program">Population Estimates Program</a> data.<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Census_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2000-2009_PopulationEstimates_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000-2009_PopulationEstimates-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1990_Census_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1990_Census-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1980_Census_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1980_Census-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1950_Census_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1950_Census-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1920_Census_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1920_Census-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1890_Census_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1890_Census-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1870_Census_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1870_Census-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1860_Census_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1860_Census-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1850_Census_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1850_Census-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 37,819 people, 9,259 households, and 4,484 families residing in the town. There were 9,711 housing units. The racial makeup of the town was 76.9% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 5.4% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 10.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 2.4% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">some other race</a>, and 4.1% from two or more races. 7.3% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanics in the United States">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_DP_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010_DP-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 9,259 households in the town, 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.6% were headed by <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.6% were non-families. Of all households, 27.3% were made up of individuals, and 9.7% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.88.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_DP_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010_DP-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the town, 10.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 55.7% were from 18 to 24, 13.3% were from 25 to 44, 13.6% were from 45 to 64, and 7.4% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_DP_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010_DP-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the period 2011–2015, the estimated median annual income for a household in the town was $48,059, and the median income for a family was $96,005. Male full-time workers had a median income of $64,750 versus $39,278 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the town was $18,905. About 8.7% of families and 34.7% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of residents 25 years old or older, 41.7% have a graduate or professional degree, and only 4.9% did not graduate from high school. The largest industry is education, health, and social services, in which 51.9% of employed persons work. </p><p>These statistics given above include some but not all of the large <a href="/wiki/Student" title="Student">student</a> population, roughly 30,000 in 2010, many of whom only reside in the town part of the year. Amherst is home to thousands of part-time and full-time residents associated with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Income">Income</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Income"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_locations_by_per_capita_income" title="List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income">List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income</a></div> <p>Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Rank </th> <th>ZIP Code (ZCTA) </th> <th>Per capita<br />income </th> <th>Median<br />household<br />income </th> <th>Median<br />family<br />income </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Number of<br />households </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></i> </td> <td>$35,763 </td> <td>$66,866 </td> <td>$84,900 </td> <td>6,605,058 </td> <td>2,530,147 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County,_Massachusetts" title="Hampshire County, Massachusetts">Hampshire County</a></i> </td> <td>$29,460 </td> <td>$61,227 </td> <td>$81,385 </td> <td>159,267 </td> <td>58,828 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></i> </td> <td>$28,155 </td> <td>$53,046 </td> <td>$64,719 </td> <td>311,536,594 </td> <td>115,610,216 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>01002 </td> <td>$27,691 </td> <td>$54,422 </td> <td>$96,929 </td> <td>29,266 </td> <td>9,248 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i>Amherst</i> </td> <td>$19,796 </td> <td>$53,191 </td> <td>$96,733 </td> <td>38,651 </td> <td>8,583 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>01003 (UMass Amherst Campus) </td> <td>$3,531 </td> <td>$N/A </td> <td>$N/A </td> <td>11,032 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major employers in Amherst include <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_D._Mullins_Memorial_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="William D. Mullins Memorial Center">William D. Mullins Memorial Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Amherst-Pelham_Regional_School_District" title="Amherst-Pelham Regional School District">Amherst-Pelham Regional School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Amherst Center Cultural District, formed in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_Area_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce">Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce</a></li> <li>Amherst Cinema Arts Center: a local non-profit theater showing mostly arthouse and independent films<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Amherst History Museum, which opened in 1916 and is governed by the Amherst Historical Society<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beneski_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Beneski Museum of Natural History">Beneski Museum of Natural History</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Hitchcock_Ichnological_Cabinet" title="Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet">Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Homestead" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickinson Homestead">Emily Dickinson Museum</a>, birthplace and lifelong residence of poet <a href="/wiki/Emily_Dickinson" title="Emily Dickinson">Emily Dickinson</a>, now a museum.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Carle_Museum_of_Picture_Book_Art" title="Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art">Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitchcock_Center_for_the_Environment" title="Hitchcock Center for the Environment">Hitchcock Center for the Environment</a>, an environmental education center on the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Library" title="Jones Library">Jones Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mead_Art_Museum" title="Mead Art Museum">Mead Art Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>: 18,000 items with a particular strength in American art</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois_Library" title="W. E. B. Du Bois Library">W. E. B. Du Bois Library</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>: the tallest academic library in the United States</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Games were played in town during the <a href="/wiki/1996_World_Junior_Ice_Hockey_Championships" title="1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships">1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships</a>.</li> <li>Amherst Regional High School's 1992–93 girls' basketball team inspired the book <i>In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle</i> by <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Blais" title="Madeleine Blais">Madeleine Blais</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The University of Massachusetts Amherst's Ultimate Frisbee Team was ranked first in the Division 1 Men's Ultimate league for the 2017 season.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Amherst Invitational, founded in 1992, is the oldest high school Ultimate Frisbee tournament in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Town_Hall,_Amherst_MA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Town_Hall%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg/220px-Town_Hall%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Town_Hall%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg/330px-Town_Hall%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Town_Hall%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg/440px-Town_Hall%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Town Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Amherst has a <a href="/wiki/Town_council#Massachusetts" title="Town council">town council</a> for its legislative branch and a <a href="/wiki/Town_manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Town manager">town manager</a> for its executive branch. The town manager is appointed by the town council.<sup id="cite_ref-amherst-home-rule-charter_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amherst-home-rule-charter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amherst's town council consists of ten district councilors and three councilors-at-large. Two district councilors are elected from each of five districts in Amherst. The three councilors-at-large are elected by the whole town. Each councilor serves a two-year term, except for the first council, where each member will serve a three-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-amherst-home-rule-charter_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amherst-home-rule-charter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amherst also has the following elected bodies:<sup id="cite_ref-amherst-home-rule-charter_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amherst-home-rule-charter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A five-member School Committee with two-year terms.</li> <li>A six-member library board of trustees with two-year terms.</li> <li>A single Oliver Smith Will Elector with a two-year term.</li></ul> <p>Amherst also has a five-member housing authority in which three of the five members are elected by voters. Each member serves a two-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-amherst-home-rule-charter_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amherst-home-rule-charter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Town Council Members<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Name</th> <th>District</th> <th>First elected </th></tr> <tr> <td>Councilor-at-Large</td> <td>Mandi Jo Hanneke</td> <td>At-Large</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Councilor-at-Large</td> <td>Ellisha Walker</td> <td>At-Large</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Councilor-at-Large</td> <td>Andrew Steinberg</td> <td>At-Large</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Michele Miller</td> <td>1</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Cathy Schoen</td> <td>1</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Lynn Griesemer</td> <td>2</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Patricia De Angelis</td> <td>2</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Dorothy Pam</td> <td>3</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Jennifer Taub</td> <td>3</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Anika Lopes</td> <td>4</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Pam Rooney</td> <td>4</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Shalini Bahl-Milne</td> <td>5</td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>District Councilor</td> <td>Ana Devlin Gauthier</td> <td>5</td> <td>2021 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_federal_representation">State and federal representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: State and federal representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a> Amherst is in the "Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester" district,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> represented by Democratic State Senator <a href="/wiki/Jo_Comerford" title="Jo Comerford">Jo Comerford</a> since January 2019. In the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> Amherst is in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27s_3rd_Hampshire_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives's 3rd Hampshire district">3rd Hampshire</a> district,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> represented by Democratic State Representative <a href="/wiki/Mindy_Domb" title="Mindy Domb">Mindy Domb</a> since January 2019. Amherst is part of the Eighth <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Governor%27s_Council" title="Massachusetts Governor's Council">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a> district and has been represented by Tara Jacobs since January 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amherst is represented at the federal level by an all-Democratic delegation, including Senators <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Ed Markey</a>, and by Representative <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">Jim McGovern</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Congressional_District_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Congressional District of Massachusetts">Second Congressional District of Massachusetts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_registration">Voter registration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Voter registration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg/250px-Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg/375px-Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg/500px-Amherst_Massachusetts_Voter_Turnout_vs_Registered_Voters.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="822" data-file-height="464" /></a><figcaption>Voter turnout versus voter registration over time.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Voter registration data is from the state election enrollment statistics. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8">Registered Voters and Party Enrollment<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th style="background-color:#FFB6B6" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th style="background-color:#DCDCDC" colspan="2">Unenrolled </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>8,522 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001478334081724292♠" style="display:none"></span>47.8% </td> <td>1,231 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000690951953300404♠" style="display:none"></span>6.9% </td> <td>7,623 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001427873821284238♠" style="display:none"></span>42.8% </td> <td>17,816 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>8,350 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001491755005889281♠" style="display:none"></span>49.2% </td> <td>1,076 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000633686690223792♠" style="display:none"></span>6.3% </td> <td>7,228 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001425677267373380♠" style="display:none"></span>42.6% </td> <td>16,980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>9,343 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001492878244355349♠" style="display:none"></span>49.3% </td> <td>1,076 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000567630301751424♠" style="display:none"></span>5.7% </td> <td>8,257 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001435587676725047♠" style="display:none"></span>43.6% </td> <td>18,956 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>8,675 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001495685960802239♠" style="display:none"></span>49.6% </td> <td>948 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000541683332381006♠" style="display:none"></span>5.4% </td> <td>7,661 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001437746414490600♠" style="display:none"></span>43.8% </td> <td>17,501 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>10,324 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001460379041248606♠" style="display:none"></span>46% </td> <td>1,219 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000543589743589743♠" style="display:none"></span>5.4% </td> <td>10,665 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001475585284280936♠" style="display:none"></span>47.6% </td> <td>22,425 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>9,645 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001450048994447295♠" style="display:none"></span>45% </td> <td>1,156 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000539405534039475♠" style="display:none"></span>5.4% </td> <td>10,454 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001487798049554383♠" style="display:none"></span>48.8% </td> <td>21,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>10,414 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001469183636691295♠" style="display:none"></span>46.9% </td> <td>1,146 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000516309244908992♠" style="display:none"></span>5.2% </td> <td>10,202 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001459632366192106♠" style="display:none"></span>46% </td> <td>22,196 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>10,249 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001466011912881371♠" style="display:none"></span>46.6% </td> <td>1,025 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000466057381894239♠" style="display:none"></span>4.7% </td> <td>10,331 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001469740371936525♠" style="display:none"></span>47% </td> <td>21,993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>8,562 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001517310132318288♠" style="display:none"></span>51.7% </td> <td>575 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000347411032566008♠" style="display:none"></span>3.5% </td> <td>7,166 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001432964775542263♠" style="display:none"></span>43.3% </td> <td>16,551 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td>7,222 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001507056097732219♠" style="display:none"></span>51% </td> <td>414 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000290669100610826♠" style="display:none"></span>3% </td> <td>6,441 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001452222144211191♠" style="display:none"></span>45% </td> <td>14,243 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like many college towns, Amherst leans heavily Democratic. In each of the presidential elections from 2012 to 2020, more than 80% of Amherst's votes went to the Democratic candidate. The last Republican to win Amherst on the Presidential level was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> in <a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">1960</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Presidential_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Presidential Election">2020 United States Presidential Election</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> received 90.3 percent of the vote to incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s 7.4 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Presidential_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States Presidential Election">2000 United States Presidential Election</a>, Amherst was one of a small number of places that delivered more votes for Green Party candidate <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a> (who took 24% of the vote) than Republican candidate <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, who received just 13%.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg/220px-Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg/330px-Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg/440px-Amherst_Massachusetts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Amherst skyline from the northwest</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Yiddish_Book_Center,_Amherst_MA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/National_Yiddish_Book_Center%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg/220px-National_Yiddish_Book_Center%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/National_Yiddish_Book_Center%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg/330px-National_Yiddish_Book_Center%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/National_Yiddish_Book_Center%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg/440px-National_Yiddish_Book_Center%2C_Amherst_MA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_Book_Center" title="Yiddish Book Center">Yiddish Book Center</a>, located on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The town is part of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst_Regional_School_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amherst Regional School District (page does not exist)">Amherst Regional School District</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Leverett,_Massachusetts" title="Leverett, Massachusetts">Leverett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pelham,_Massachusetts" title="Pelham, Massachusetts">Pelham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shutesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Shutesbury, Massachusetts">Shutesbury</a>. Amherst has three elementary schools: Crocker Farm Elementary School, Fort River Elementary School, and Wildwood Elementary School serving K–6. Students in Amherst then attend Amherst Regional Middle School for grades 7–8. High school students then attend <a href="/wiki/Amherst_Regional_High_School_(Massachusetts)" title="Amherst Regional High School (Massachusetts)">Amherst Regional High School</a>. </p><p>There are three tertiary institutions located in the town: the public <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> (the flagship of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts" title="University of Massachusetts">UMass system</a>), and two private liberal arts colleges—<a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_College" title="Hampshire College">Hampshire College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bus">Bus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Valley_Transit_Authority" title="Pioneer Valley Transit Authority">Pioneer Valley Transit Authority</a>, funded by local governments and the <a href="/wiki/Five_College_Consortium" title="Five College Consortium">Five College Consortium</a>, provides public transportation in the area, operated by <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Transportation_Services" title="University of Massachusetts Transportation Services">University of Massachusetts Transportation Services</a>. Service runs well into the early morning hours on weekends when school is in session. Students attending any colleges in the <a href="/wiki/Five_Colleges_Consortium" class="mw-redirect" title="Five Colleges Consortium">Five Colleges Consortium</a> have a fee included in their tuition bills (service fee for UMass Amherst students and student activity fees for the other colleges) for each semester that prepays their bus fares for the semester. UMass Transit buses operate via a <a href="/wiki/Proof-of-payment" title="Proof-of-payment">proof-of-payment</a> system, in which there are random inspections of student identification cards and bus passes and transfers. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Pan_Bus_Lines" title="Peter Pan Bus Lines">Peter Pan Bus Lines</a> provides service between Amherst and <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>, and other locations in New England.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Megabus_(North_America)" title="Megabus (North America)">Megabus</a> provides service between <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, Amherst, and <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Vermont" title="Burlington, Vermont">Burlington, Vermont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rail">Rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> rail service is available in nearby <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Northampton,_Massachusetts)" title="Union Station (Northampton, Massachusetts)">Northampton</a> on the <i><a href="/wiki/Vermonter_(train)" title="Vermonter (train)">Vermonter</a></i> service between <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St._Albans_(city),_Vermont" title="St. Albans (city), Vermont">St. Albans, Vermont</a>. More frequent Amtrak service to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and Washington, D.C., is available from <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Union_Station_(Massachusetts)" title="Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)">Union Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Airports">Airports</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The closest major domestic and limited international air service is available through <a href="/wiki/Bradley_International_Airport" title="Bradley International Airport">Bradley International Airport</a> (BDL) in <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Locks,_Connecticut" title="Windsor Locks, Connecticut">Windsor Locks, Connecticut</a>. Bradley is located approximately one hour's driving time from Amherst. Major international service is available through <a href="/wiki/Logan_International_Airport" title="Logan International Airport">Logan International Airport</a> (BOS) in Boston, 90 miles away. </p><p>General aviation service is close by, at <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Airport" title="Northampton Airport">Northampton Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westover_Metropolitan_Airport" title="Westover Metropolitan Airport">Westover Metropolitan Airport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Turners_Falls_Airport" title="Turners Falls Airport">Turners Falls Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_report">Police report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Police report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1997, the local newspaper, the <i>Amherst Bulletin</i>, has published a weekly log of phone calls received by the Amherst Police Department.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This police report, whose tone is deadpan and often unintentionally humorous, has been the subject of at least two books<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a 2002 article in <i><a href="/wiki/Harper%27s_Magazine" title="Harper's Magazine">Harper's Magazine</a></i>, "Gone When Police Got There".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, an entry from the March 27, 2015 police report reads: "2:48 a.m.—An Ann Whalen Apartments resident awoke to find someone on her balcony looking into her bedroom. The woman later told police she thinks she may have been dreaming prior to calling 911."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical">Historical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Historical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinua_Achebe" title="Chinua Achebe">Chinua Achebe</a> (1930–2013), was a professor at the University of Massachusetts from 1972 to 1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmyn_Baker" title="Osmyn Baker">Osmyn Baker</a> (1800–1875), born in Amherst, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congressman">United States Congressman</a> and lawyer<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607-1896_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607-1896-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Stannard_Baker" title="Ray Stannard Baker">Ray Stannard Baker</a> (1870–1946), newspaperman, biographer of Woodrow Wilson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Clark" title="William S. Clark">William S. Clark</a> (1825–1886), Academician, politician, businessman; principal founder of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Agricultural_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Agricultural College">Massachusetts Agricultural College</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>), founder of the <a href="/wiki/Sapporo_Agricultural_College" title="Sapporo Agricultural College">Sapporo Agricultural College</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_University" title="Hokkaido University">Hokkaido University</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_Cook_Darling" class="mw-redirect" title="Mason Cook Darling">Mason Cook Darling</a> (1801–1866), born in Amherst, United States Congressman from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> and first mayor of <a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac,_Wisconsin" title="Fond du Lac, Wisconsin">Fond du Lac, Wisconsin</a><sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607-1896_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607-1896-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvil_Dewey" title="Melvil Dewey">Melvil Dewey</a> (1851–1931), devised the Dewey Decimal System while an assistant librarian at Amherst College in 1876</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Dickinson" title="Edward Dickinson">Edward Dickinson</a> (1803–1874), born in Amherst, lawyer, United States Congressman, and father of Emily Dickinson<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607-1896_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607-1896-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Dickinson" title="Emily Dickinson">Emily Dickinson</a> (1830–1886), born and lived in Amherst, one of the most prominent and celebrated American poets<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607-1896_67-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607-1896-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Field" title="Eugene Field">Eugene Field</a> (1850–1895), raised in Amherst by cousin, Mary Field French; poet and humorist who wrote children's poem <i><a href="/wiki/Wynken,_Blynken,_and_Nod" title="Wynken, Blynken, and Nod">Wynken, Blynken, and Nod</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Francis_(poet)" title="Robert Francis (poet)">Robert Francis</a> (1901–1987), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost" title="Robert Frost">Robert Frost</a> (1874–1963), Pulitzer prize-winning poet who taught at <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> and retired there</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Roger_Garis" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard Roger Garis">Howard Roger Garis</a> (1873–1962), children's author who wrote the Uncle Wiggily book series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilian_Garis" title="Lilian Garis">Lilian Garis</a> (1873–1954), author of juvenile fiction who under the pseudonym <a href="/wiki/Laura_Lee_Hope" title="Laura Lee Hope">Laura Lee Hope</a> wrote early volumes in the <a href="/wiki/Bobbsey_Twins" title="Bobbsey Twins">Bobbsey Twins</a> series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hitchcock" title="Edward Hitchcock">Edward Hitchcock</a> (1793–1864), educator, early geologist and a founder of the science of <a href="/wiki/Ichnology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ichnology">ichnology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hunt_Jackson" title="Helen Hunt Jackson">Helen Hunt Jackson</a> (1830–1885), born in Amherst, noted author best known for <i><a href="/wiki/A_Century_of_Dishonor" title="A Century of Dishonor">A Century of Dishonor</a></i> and her novel <i><a href="/wiki/Ramona" title="Ramona">Ramona</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607-1896_67-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607-1896-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lithgow" title="Arthur Lithgow">Arthur Lithgow</a> (1915–2004), lived and died in Amherst, noted actor, producer and director of Shakespeare plays, founder of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Ohio (today known as the Great Lakes Theatre Festival), former director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, father of actor <a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Mattoon" title="Ebenezer Mattoon">Ebenezer Mattoon</a> (1755–1843), born in North Amherst, Lieutenant in Continental Army during American Revolution, US Congressman (1801–1803).<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nitze" title="Paul Nitze">Paul Nitze</a> (1907–2004), born in Amherst, diplomat who helped shape defense policy over numerous presidential administrations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Hawley_Seelye" title="Julius Hawley Seelye">Julius Hawley Seelye</a> (1824–1895), Amherst college professor, united States Representative (1875–1877), 5th President of Amherst College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Fiske_Stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlan Fiske Stone">Harlan Fiske Stone</a> (1872–1946), attended public schools in Amherst and <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>; dean of the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a>, 52nd <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of the United States">Attorney General of the United States</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabel_Loomis_Todd" title="Mabel Loomis Todd">Mabel Loomis Todd</a> (1856–1932), world traveler, edited and published the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah_Webster" title="Noah Webster">Noah Webster</a> (1758–1843), Author of <i>An American Dictionary of the English Language</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Born_or_raised_in_Amherst">Born or raised in Amherst</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Born or raised in Amherst"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Baker" title="Annie Baker">Annie Baker</a>, playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bezucha" title="Thomas Bezucha">Thomas Bezucha</a>, film & television director, writer, & producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Dickinson" title="Emily Dickinson">Emily Dickinson</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Eastman" title="P. D. Eastman">P. D. Eastman</a>, children's author, illustrator, and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Palmer_Geisel" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen Palmer Geisel">Helen Palmer Geisel</a>, children's author and first wife of <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hixon" title="Michael Hixon">Michael Hixon</a>, U.S. Olympic Athlete Rio 2016, men's individual 3 meter springboard; 3 meter springboard synchro</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Hornfischer" title="James D. Hornfischer">James D. Hornfischer</a>, military historian and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ihedigbo" title="James Ihedigbo">James Ihedigbo</a>, Detroit Lions defensive back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Johnson_(musician)" title="Martin Johnson (musician)">Martin Johnson</a>, of rock band <a href="/wiki/Boys_like_Girls" class="mw-redirect" title="Boys like Girls">Boys like Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leonard_(ice_hockey)" title="John Leonard (ice hockey)">John Leonard</a>, ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amory_Lovins" title="Amory Lovins">Amory Lovins</a>, scientist and environmentalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Mann" title="Michael E. Mann">Michael E. Mann</a>, climatologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Mascis" title="J Mascis">J Mascis</a>, singer, guitarist and songwriter for alternative rock band <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Jr." title="Dinosaur Jr.">Dinosaur Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Mabius" title="Eric Mabius">Eric Mabius</a>, star of ABC show <i><a href="/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title="Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i>, attended Amherst schools</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makaya_McCraven" title="Makaya McCraven">Makaya McCraven</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_McNiven" title="Julie McNiven">Julie McNiven</a>, actress with recurring roles on <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Men" title="Mad Men">Mad Men</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supernatural (U.S. TV series)">Supernatural</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilan_Mitchell-Smith" title="Ilan Mitchell-Smith">Ilan Mitchell-Smith</a>, actor starring in 1985 film <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Science_(film)" title="Weird Science (film)">Weird Science</a></i>, attended Amherst public schools</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebon_Moss-Bachrach" title="Ebon Moss-Bachrach">Ebon Moss-Bachrach</a>, actor with roles on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bear_(TV_series)" title="The Bear (TV series)">The Bear</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Girls_(TV_series)" title="Girls (TV series)">Girls</a></i>, raised in Amherst and attended Amherst public schools</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addison_Nelson" title="Henry Addison Nelson">Henry Addison Nelson</a> (1820–1906), Presbyterian clergyman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Noyes" title="Eli Noyes">Eli Noyes</a>, animator, film producer, director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Penchina" title="Gil Penchina">Gil Penchina</a>, Former CEO of <a href="/wiki/Wikia,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Wikia, Inc.">Wikia, Inc.</a>, attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pettes" title="John Pettes">John Pettes</a>, US Marshal for Vermont, born in Amherst<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Porter_(producer)" title="Steve Porter (producer)">Steve Porter</a>, music producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_St._Pierre" title="Allen St. Pierre">Allen St. Pierre</a>, executive director of <a href="/wiki/NORML" class="mw-redirect" title="NORML">NORML</a>, attended public schools in Amherst and graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Reid_(baseball)" title="Matt Reid (baseball)">Matt Reid</a>, head baseball coach at <a href="/wiki/Army_University" title="Army University">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Tau" title="Timothy Tau">Timothy Tau</a>, writer and filmmaker, attended public schools in Amherst including <a href="/wiki/Amherst_Regional_Middle_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Amherst Regional Middle School">Amherst Regional Middle School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amherst-Pelham_Regional_School_District#Crocker_Farm_Elementary_School" title="Amherst-Pelham Regional School District">Crocker Farm Elementary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Thurman" title="Uma Thurman">Uma Thurman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a>-nominated actress, whose father, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Thurman" title="Robert Thurman">Robert Thurman</a>, taught at Amherst College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_M._Wattenberg" title="Martin M. Wattenberg">Martin M. Wattenberg</a>, artist and computer scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Weizenbaum" title="Zoe Weizenbaum">Zoe Weizenbaum</a>, child actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamila_Wideman" title="Jamila Wideman">Jamila Wideman</a> (born 1975), female left-handed point guard basketball player, lawyer and activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Yaffe" title="Elisha Yaffe">Elisha Yaffe</a>, comedian, actor, and producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Ziomek" title="Kevin Ziomek">Kevin Ziomek</a>, American professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> organization</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Live/lived_in_Amherst"><span id="Live.2Flived_in_Amherst"></span>Live/lived in Amherst</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Live/lived in Amherst"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Andresen" title="Gavin Andresen">Gavin Andresen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin_Foundation" title="Bitcoin Foundation">Bitcoin Foundation</a> founder and former <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> contributor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Appy" title="Christian Appy">Christian Appy</a>, author of <i>Patriots</i> and <i>Working-Class War</i>, professor at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Benfey" title="Christopher Benfey">Christopher Benfey</a>, author of <i>The Great Wave</i>, professor at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Holyoke_College" title="Mount Holyoke College">Mount Holyoke College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Black" title="Holly Black">Holly Black</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/Tithe:_A_Modern_Faerie_Tale" class="mw-redirect" title="Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale">Tithe</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Valiant:_A_Modern_Tale_of_Faerie" class="mw-redirect" title="Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie">Valiant</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ironside:_A_Modern_Faery%27s_Tale" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale">Ironside</a></i>, and co-author of the <i><a href="/wiki/Spiderwick" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiderwick">Spiderwick Chronicles</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusten_Burroughs" title="Augusten Burroughs">Augusten Burroughs</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(memoir)" title="Running with Scissors (memoir)">Running with Scissors</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Chamuel" title="Michelle Chamuel">Michelle Chamuel</a>, singer, songwriter, producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Clare" title="Cassandra Clare">Cassandra Clare</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mortal_Instruments" title="The Mortal Instruments">The Mortal Instruments</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Infernal_Devices" title="The Infernal Devices">The Infernal Devices</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arda_Collins" title="Arda Collins">Arda Collins</a>, poet and winner of the <a href="/wiki/Yale_Series_of_Younger_Poets_Competition" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition">Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_DiTerlizzi" title="Tony DiTerlizzi">Tony DiTerlizzi</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spider_and_the_Fly_(poem)" title="The Spider and the Fly (poem)">The Spider and the Fly</a></i> and co-author/illustrator for <i><a href="/wiki/Spiderwick" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiderwick">Spiderwick Chronicles</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Elbow" title="Peter Elbow">Peter Elbow</a>, compositionist and professor emeritus at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ellis" title="Joseph Ellis">Joseph Ellis</a>, historian and author of <i><a href="/wiki/Founding_Brothers" title="Founding Brothers">Founding Brothers</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Espada" title="Martín Espada">Martín Espada</a>, poet, professor at the University of Massachusetts and author of the 2006 <i>The Republic of Poetry</i>, among others</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Francis" title="Black Francis">Black Francis</a>, singer/guitarist of the <a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a> band the <a href="/wiki/Pixies_(band)" title="Pixies (band)">Pixies</a>, attended UMass Amherst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Guay" title="Rebecca Guay">Rebecca Guay</a>, artist specializing in watercolor painting and illustration</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_Juster" title="Norton Juster">Norton Juster</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth" title="The Phantom Tollbooth">The Phantom Tollbooth</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Katzenbach" title="John Katzenbach">John Katzenbach</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Madman%27s_Tale" title="The Madman's Tale">The Madman's Tale</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Lester" title="Julius Lester">Julius Lester</a>, author and professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lesy" title="Michael Lesy">Michael Lesy</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Death_Trip" title="Wisconsin Death Trip">Wisconsin Death Trip</a></i>, professor at Hampshire College</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cale_Makar" title="Cale Makar">Cale Makar</a>, professional ice hockey player for the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> and former <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts" title="University of Massachusetts">University of Massachusetts</a> defenseman.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Mann" title="Charles C. Mann">Charles C. Mann</a> (born 1955), journalist and author of <i><a href="/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus" title="1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus">1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/1493:_Uncovering_the_New_World_Columbus_Created" title="1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created">1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Newman" title="Catherine Newman">Catherine Newman</a>, memoirist and novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Olver" title="John Olver">John Olver</a>, politician who served in the <a href="/wiki/US_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="US House of Representatives">US House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elder_Robison" title="John Elder Robison">John Elder Robison</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/Look_Me_in_the_Eye" title="Look Me in the Eye">Look Me in the Eye</a></i>; older brother of <a href="/wiki/Augusten_Burroughs" title="Augusten Burroughs">Augusten Burroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_Santiago" title="Joey Santiago">Joey Santiago</a>, lead guitarist of the <a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a> band the <a href="/wiki/Pixies_(band)" title="Pixies (band)">Pixies</a>, attended UMass Amherst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Shepp" title="Archie Shepp">Archie Shepp</a>, jazz musician and professor emeritus at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Smither" title="Chris Smither">Chris Smither</a>, folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tate_(writer)" title="James Tate (writer)">James Tate</a> (born 1943), poet and professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Vigeland" title="Carl Vigeland">Carl Vigeland</a>, author of <i>In Concert</i> and many other books</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edgar_Wideman" title="John Edgar Wideman">John Edgar Wideman</a>, novelist and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dara_Wier" class="mw-redirect" title="Dara Wier">Dara Wier</a>, poet and professor in the <a href="/wiki/MFA_Program_for_Poets_%26_Writers" class="mw-redirect" title="MFA Program for Poets & Writers">MFA Program for Poets & Writers</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Yakub" title="Roman Yakub">Roman Yakub</a>, composer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_Regional_High_School_(Amherst,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, Massachusetts)">Amherst Regional High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst-Pelham_Regional_School_District" title="Amherst-Pelham Regional School District">Amherst-Pelham Regional School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tofu_Curtain" title="Tofu Curtain">Tofu Curtain</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amherst,_Massachusetts&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHollander1981" class="citation book cs1">Hollander, Paul (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pGiOK2dgDpMC&pg=PR25"><i>Political Pilgrims: Western Intellectuals in Search of the Good Society</i></a>. Piscataway, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. xxv. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781412831208" title="Special:BookSources/9781412831208"><bdi>9781412831208</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2013</span>. <q>Brentlinger, a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was robustly and proudly alienated from American society and culture ... he has probably benefited from living amidst like-minded people in what has been jestingly called 'the people's republic of Amherst, Mass.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Political+Pilgrims%3A+Western+Intellectuals+in+Search+of+the+Good+Society&rft.place=Piscataway%2C+New+Jersey&rft.pages=xxv&rft.pub=Transaction+Publishers&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=9781412831208&rft.aulast=Hollander&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpGiOK2dgDpMC%26pg%3DPR25&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmherst%2C+Massachusetts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-futureofcities-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-futureofcities_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArkes1996" class="citation book cs1">Arkes, Hadley (1996). "Response to Fund". In Schaefer, David Lewis; Schaefer, Roberta Rubel (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MwGvsMCedbAC&pg=PA9"><i>The future of cities</i></a>. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. p. 9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780761802709" title="Special:BookSources/9780761802709"><bdi>9780761802709</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2013</span>. <q>I come to you from one of those places that is in America, but not quite of it...In my case it is the People's Republic of Amherst</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Response+to+Fund&rft.btitle=The+future+of+cities&rft.place=Lanham%2C+Maryland&rft.pages=9&rft.pub=University+Press+of+America&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9780761802709&rft.aulast=Arkes&rft.aufirst=Hadley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMwGvsMCedbAC%26pg%3DPA9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmherst%2C+Massachusetts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-justschools-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-justschools_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSarat2008" class="citation book cs1">Sarat, Austin (2008). "Contested Terrain: Visions of Multiculturalism in an American Town". In Minow, Martha; Shweder, Richard A.; Markus, Hazel (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BfoWAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA102"><i>Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference</i></a>. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. p. 102. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781610447263" title="Special:BookSources/9781610447263"><bdi>9781610447263</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2013</span>. <q>I live in a place whose liberal tendencies have earned it various nicknames. For example, it has been called 'The People's Republic of Amherst'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Contested+Terrain%3A+Visions+of+Multiculturalism+in+an+American+Town&rft.btitle=Just+Schools%3A+Pursuing+Equality+in+Societies+of+Difference&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=102&rft.pub=Russell+Sage+Foundation&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9781610447263&rft.aulast=Sarat&rft.aufirst=Austin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBfoWAwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA102&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmherst%2C+Massachusetts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dictionary-Amherst-Pronounce-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dictionary-Amherst-Pronounce_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amherst">"Amherst"</a>. <i>Dictionary.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Massachusetts">Belchertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield,_Massachusetts" title="Chesterfield, Massachusetts">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cummington,_Massachusetts" title="Cummington, Massachusetts">Cummington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goshen,_Massachusetts" title="Goshen, Massachusetts">Goshen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granby,_Massachusetts" title="Granby, Massachusetts">Granby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadley,_Massachusetts" title="Hadley, Massachusetts">Hadley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Massachusetts" title="Hatfield, Massachusetts">Hatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_Massachusetts" title="Huntington, Massachusetts">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlefield,_Massachusetts" title="Middlefield, Massachusetts">Middlefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelham,_Massachusetts" title="Pelham, Massachusetts">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_Massachusetts" title="Plainfield, Massachusetts">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_Center,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst Center, Massachusetts">Amherst Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belchertown_(CDP),_Massachusetts" title="Belchertown (CDP), Massachusetts">Belchertown (CDP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granby_(CDP),_Massachusetts" title="Granby (CDP), Massachusetts">Granby (CDP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_(CDP),_Massachusetts" title="Hatfield (CDP), Massachusetts">Hatfield (CDP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_(CDP),_Massachusetts" title="Huntington (CDP), Massachusetts">Huntington (CDP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="North Amherst, Massachusetts">North Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="South Amherst, Massachusetts">South Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ware_(CDP),_Massachusetts" title="Ware (CDP), Massachusetts">Ware (CDP)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#15317E;color:#ffffff;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Massachusetts" title="List of villages in Massachusetts"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Other<br />villages</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bondsville,_Massachusetts" title="Bondsville, Massachusetts">Bondsville</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Massachusetts" title="Florence, Massachusetts">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds,_Massachusetts" title="Leeds, Massachusetts">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Tom,_Massachusetts" title="Mount Tom, Massachusetts">Mount Tom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#15317E;color:#ffffff;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has 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class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Northeast_Megalopolis" title="Template:Northeast Megalopolis"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Northeast_Megalopolis" title="Template talk:Northeast Megalopolis"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Northeast_Megalopolis" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Northeast Megalopolis"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Northeast_megalopolis_major_urban_regions" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a> major urban regions</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Core cities are metropolitan core cities of at least a million people. 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title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New 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title="Hagerstown metropolitan area">Hagerstown</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93Carlisle_metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area">Harrisburg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem</a>-<a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Scranton/Wilkes-Barre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie%E2%80%93Newburgh%E2%80%93Middletown_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area">Poughkeepsie–Newburgh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie,_New_York" title="Poughkeepsie, New York">city 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">city 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_metropolitan_area" title="Salisbury metropolitan area">Salisbury</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combined areas</th><td 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