Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Amherst County.
Amherst Historical Society building
Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst.
Amherst County Courthouse
Jeffery Amherst, called the "Conqueror of Canada", for whom the county was named
Looking toward U.S. 29 in Madison Heights