Amherst County, Virginia
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amherst-county-virginia-162-5871871
title:
Amherst County, Virginia
text:
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 was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror of Canada". In 1807 as population increased, the county was reduced in size in order to form Nelson County. Tobacco was t
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encyclopedia
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County in Virginia, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia
date created:
2002-09-25T14:52:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T17:04:47Z
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