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Amherst County is an American county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is part of the Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is Amherst.Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror of Canada". The county was subsequently reduced in size in 1807 in order to give up land to form Nelson County.

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rdfs:comment	Amherst County is an American county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is part of the Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is Amherst.Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror of Canada". The county was subsequently reduced in size in 1807 in order to give up land to form Nelson County.
foaf:name	Amherst County
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area land (m2)	1227654364(xsd:double)
area total (m2)	1240604304(xsd:double)
area water (m2)	12690941(xsd:double)
census year	2010-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
city type	town
country	United States
county seat	Amherst, Virginia
largest city	Amherst, Virginia
percentage of area water	1.000000(xsd:float)
population density (/sqkm)	26(xsd:double)
population total	32353(xsd:integer)
state	Commonwealth of Virginia
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amherst_County_Courthouse.jpg?width=300
is birth place of	Cartwright, Peter Crawford, William H. Berry, Cabell Rives Rives, William Cabell Becknell, William Paulus Powell Abraham Jefferson Seay Ada L. Smith Terry, William John Floyd Ellis, Powhatan Strode, Aubrey E. S. Vance Wilkins, Jr. Clairborne, Wild Bill
is broadcast area of	WKPA WAMV WNRS-FM
is county of	dbpedia:U.S._Route_501_in_Virginia dbpedia:U.S._Route_60_in_Virginia dbpedia:Virginia_State_Route_130 dbpedia:Virginia_State_Route_151 dbpedia:Virginia_State_Route_163 Colony Road
is death place of	Strode, Aubrey E.
is is part of of	Amherst, Virginia Madison Heights, Virginia Monroe, Virginia Clifford, Virginia
is located in area of	Rocky Mountain
is location of	Bedford Hydropower Project Big Island Dam Coleman Falls Dam Cushaw Hydroelectric Project Holcomb Rock Dam Reusens Dam Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area

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