Amherst, New York Amherst, New York The Dent Tower in Amherst, New Flag of Amherst, New York Erie County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Amherst highlighted.svg Location in Erie County and the state of New York.
Location of New York in the United States Amherst (Listeni/ mh rst/) is a town in Erie County, New York, United States.
The biggest and most crowded suburb of Buffalo, New York, the town of Amherst encompasses most of 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 the county and borders a section of the Erie Canal.
Most of the easterly side of the town is referred to as Williamsville, New York due to sharing the zip code with the village and closeness Amherst is home to the north ground of the University at Buffalo, the graduate ground of Medaille College, a satellite ground of Bryant & Stratton College, and Daemen College.
The town of Amherst was created by the State of New York on April 10, 1818; titled after Lord Jeffrey Amherst.
Amherst was formed from part of the town of Buffalo (later the town/city of Buffalo), which had previously been created from the town of Clarence.
Hopkins was propel the first supervisor of the town of Amherst in 1819.
Part of Amherst was later used to form the town of Cheektowaga in 1839. The Town of Amherst Archives Center is homed in the Former Reformed Mennonite Church. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 53.6 square miles (138.8 km2), of which 53.2 square miles (137.8 km2) is territory and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2), or 0.73%, is water. Much of Amherst was originally floodplain and marshland, much of which has been drained in recent years to facilitate evolution of new homes and businesses.
The central and southern parts of the town are heavily suburbanized; however, the southernmost hamlets of Eggertsville and Snyder and the village of Williamsville have managed to retain much of their initial character.
During the 1990s, many of these county-wide post offices were closed and merged into the central Amherst 14226 postal service on Bailey Avenue, leaving only a Williamsville (14221) postal service on Sheridan Drive, a Getzville (14068) postal service on Millersport Highway, and an East Amherst (14051) postal service on Transit Road.
Mailing addresses to areas inside the town are Amherst, East Amherst, Eggertsville, Getzville, Snyder, and Williamsville.
Some of these mailing addresses overlap: some areas of Clarence directly east of Transit Road have Williamsville addresses, although for the purposes of taxes, schools and improve resources, these citizens are inhabitants of the Town of Clarence.
The areas listed below are governed and run by the Town of Amherst except for the Village of Williamsville, an autonomous political entity.
Eggertsville is a suburban improve in the southwest part of the town, bordering on Buffalo centered around Eggert Road.
Getzville -- A locale near the center of the town by Campbell Boulevard (Route 270) and Dodge Road.
East Amherst (formerly Transit Station) -- An unincorporated community, or hamlet, in the easterly part of the town, shared with the Town of Clarence.
Swormville - A hamlet in the easterly part of the town, shared with the Town of Clarence.
West Amherst - A locale in the northwestern part of the town bordered by Niagara Falls Boulevard (US 62) to the west, Sweet Home Road to the east and Maple Road to the south.
Principally the section of the town which comprises the Sweet Home central school district.
Williamsville - Most of the Village of Williamsville is inside Amherst, positioned in the south part of the town.
In July 2010, CNNMoney ranked Amherst 42nd in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America. In 2012, CNNMoney.com ranked Amherst 50th. In 2011 and 2012, Amherst was chose as one of America's 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise Alliance. Amherst is home to the University at Buffalo Stadium, Alumni Arena (University at Buffalo), and Amherst Audubon Field, all utilized by the University at Buffalo Buffalo Bulls.
There are four separate enhance school districts inside the town.
The biggest precinct and comprises the easterly half of the town along with portions of the Town of Clarence.
The precinct is ranked #1 out of 97 enhance school systems in Western New York. Williamsville high schools were awarded Silver rankings as stated to 2013 U.S.
Amherst Central School District Covering the northwestern portion of the town along with portions of the Town of Tonawanda with its core in West Amherst and Getzville. A small portion of Amherst inhabitants in the southeastern corner of the town are in the Clarence Central School District.
Town of Amherst police Ford Taurus Amherst has been ranked as the "Safest City in America" 1996 1998, 2000 2003, and 2010. In many other years it ranked in the top 5.
In 2006, Amherst was ranked the second safest town/city in the United States, after Brick Township, New Jersey. In 2011, it ranked 6th safest out of 400 cities. Most recently in 2014, Amherst was ranked the #1 Safest City in America with a populace between 100,000 and 500,000. The Amherst Bee installed Amherst's first telephone line. Amherst is served by the Amherst Bee newspaper.
I-90.svg NYS Thruway Sign.svg Interstate 90 (New York State Thruway) passes through the southern part of town.
I-990.svg Interstate 990 (Lockport Expressway) is a short Interstate Highway positioned entirely inside the Town of Amherst.
NY-5.svg New York State Route 5 (Main Street) passes through the town.
NY-78.svg New York State Route 78 (Transit Road) marks the easterly town line.
NY-240.svg New York State Route 240 (Harlem Rd.) is a north-south road from Sheridan Dr.
NY-263.svg New York State Route 263 (mostly Millersport Hwy.) is a north-south road from Bailey Ave.
NY-270.svg New York State Route 270 (Campbell Blvd.) is a north-south road from Millersport Hwy.
NY-277.svg New York State Route 277 (North Forest Rd., Union Rd.) is a north-south road from Sheridan Dr.
NY-324.svg New York State Route 324 (Sheridan Dr.) is an east-west road through the town from Niagara Falls Blvd.
Al Dekdebrun, former pro football quarterback and Amherst Town Supervisor Hayes, former New York state assemblyman Tripathi, president of the State University of New York at Buffalo "A brief history of the Town of Amherst" (PDF).
Town of Amherst.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Amherst town, Erie County, New York".
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"Town of Amherst Schools and Education".
"Town of Amherst website".
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