Amherst, Massachusetts
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Amherst is a town located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 34,874. It is located in the Connecticut River valley. It is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Amherst, please see the articles on Amherst Center, North Amherst, and South Amherst.
On October 29, 1901 nurse Jane Toppan was arrested in Amherst for the murder of the Davis family of Boston by an overdose of morphine.
Amherst was the home of the poet Emily Dickinson.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Amherst, Massachusetts" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts December 27, 2003
