Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Erie
- Incorporated
- April 10, 1818
- Named after
- Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
- Type
- Town council
- Supervisor
- Brian Kulpa ( D )
- Deputy supervisor
- Deborah Bruch Bucki ( D )
- Councilmembers
- List Jacqualine G. Berger ( D ) Shawn Lavin ( D ) Michael Szukala ( D )
- Clerk
- Francina J. Spoth
- Total
- 53.58 sq mi (138.78 km )
- Land
- 53.20 sq mi (137.78 km )
- Water
- 0.39 sq mi (1.00 km ) 0.73%
- Elevation
- 594 ft (181 m)
- Estimate 2019
- 126,082
- Density
- 2,364.6/sq mi (912.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
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Encyclopedic overview
Amherst (/ˈæmhərst/ ) is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census. It is the 14th most populated municipality in New York.
The second-largest in area and the most populous suburb of Buffalo, the town of Amherst encompasses the village of Williamsville as well as the hamlets of Eggertsville, Getzville, Snyder, Swormville, and East Amherst. The town is in the northern part of Erie County and borders a section of the Erie Canal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amherst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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