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    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...
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    Amherst (formerly Dearborn) is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of...
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    Massachusetts Amherst, Hampshire College and Amherst College), Amherst, New Hampshire, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Amherst, New York and Amherst County, Virginia. Amherst's...
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  • Buffalo Amherst, Ohio Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio Amherst, South Dakota Amherst, Texas Amherst, Virginia Amherst County, Virginia Amherst (town)...
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  • Monroe is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. Monroe is located along U.S. Route 29 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north of Lynchburg...
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    Madison Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 10,893 at the 2020 census. It is part...
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    Fairview is a historic home located near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in 1867, and is a 2+1⁄2-story Italian Villa style brick dwelling...
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    College is a private women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory...
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    them just before entering Amherst County. US 29 again bypasses Madison Heights and Amherst as an expressway, enters Nelson County, passes the town of Lovingston...
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    Tusculum was a historic home located near Amherst in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. It was a two-story Georgian and Federal style frame house...
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    southeast Charlotte County, Virginia - south Campbell County, Virginia - southwest Amherst County, Virginia - northwest Appomattox Court House National Historical...
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  • William Cabell (American Revolution) (category People from Amherst County, Virginia)
    southwestern Virginia, whereupon Samuel J. Cabell led the military company. Meanwhile, this William Cabell served on the Amherst County Committee of Safety...
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    Cornwallis at Yorktown; Col. Abram Penn, a native of Amherst County, Virginia, who led his Henry County militia troops with the intention of joining General...
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    defining MSAs in Virginia. Four counties and one independent city are included in the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Counties Amherst Appomattox Bedford...
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    Counting down to closure in Amherst". NewsAdvance.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04. Land, Alison (April 2, 2020). "Central Virginia Training Center Closes". Lockey...
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    historic home and farm located at 591 Puppy Creek Road near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built by Joseph Hardin Massie between 1858 and 1869...
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    Forest Hill is a historic home located near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1803, with two-story wings added later...
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    known as Minor Hall, is a historic Glebe House located near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. The original section, now the rear ell, was built about 1762...
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    County's most prominent early settlers was Col. Abraham Penn (sometimes written Abram Penn), born in 1743 in what is today Amherst County, Virginia....
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    Lynchburg, Virginia – northwest (independent city) Amherst County, Virginia – north Appomattox County, Virginia – northeast Charlotte County, Virginia – east...
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    Garland Avenue in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in 1818, by Arthur B. Davies a local attorney and Amherst County Court Clerk. It is...
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    Commission of Virginia (May 12–14, 1954). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 7. Amherst County Route 158 6.80...
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  • Speaker of the Tennessee Senate from 1885 to 1887. Berry was born in Amherst County, Virginia, on July 4, 1848. He was raised on a plantation and educated at...
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    Hill, and Franklin Hill. Amherst County, Virginia – northeast Bedford County, Virginia – west, northwest Campbell County, Virginia – south, southeast Note:...
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    Lexington (PDF) Amherst County (PDF) Nelson County (PDF) Appomattox County (PDF) Buckingham County (PDF) Cumberland County (PDF) Powhatan County (PDF) Chesterfield...
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  • Buck v. Bell (category Amherst County, Virginia)
    of Buck and her guardian appealed the case to the Circuit Court of Amherst County. In order to fully validate the law to Priddy's satisfaction, the Board's...
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  • County, Virginia, the son of LeRoy Pope, Sr. and Elizabeth Mitchell. He was educated in his home state, and moved with his parents to Amherst County,...
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  • West Bethel, Virginia (Amherst County, Virginia) was a small town that was granted a charter in December 1801. It began with an inspection station-warehouse...
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  • is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The community is located along Virginia State Route 130 (Elon Road) northwest...
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  • Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024. Virginia at Wikipedia's sister projects...
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