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Amherst County, Virginia

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About Amherst County

Amherst County is located in the Piedmont region, near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area, and its county seat is also named Amherst.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Facts

Amherst County at a glance

County seat
Amherst
Population
31,307 (2020)
Land area
479 sq mi
Founded
1758

Communities

Largest communities in Amherst County

  1. Madison Heightspopulation 10,893
  2. Amherst County seatpopulation 2,110

History

History of Amherst County

Beginning thousands of years in the past, Native Americans were the first humans to populate the area. They hunted and fished mainly along the countless rivers and streams in the county. With the establishment of the Virginia Colony in 1607, English emigrants started to arrive in North America. By the late 17th century English explorers and traders had traveled up the James River to this area. Early trading posts were established between 1710 and 1720. By 1730, many new English colonial families moved into the area currently known as Amherst County, drawn by the desire for land and the good tobacco-growing soil. Amherst County was formed in 1761, from part of southwestern Albemarle County. The original county seat had been in Cabelsville, now Colleen, in what would later become Nelson County.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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