Amherst, Colorado#History

{{short description|Census-designated place in Phillips County, Colorado, United States}}

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|map_caption = Location within Phillips County and Colorado

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|coordinates = {{coord|40.6828|-102.1660|type:city_region:US-CO_source:GNIS-182776|display=it}}

|coordinates_footnotes = {{cite gnis|id=182776|name=Amherst, Colorado|access-date=December 29, 2024}}

|elevation_ft = 3691

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|unit_pref = US

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United Statesa

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Colorado

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Phillips{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicCounties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=January 14, 2025}}

|established_title = Founded

|established_date = About 1887{{cite book | last = Eichler | first = Geo. R. | title = Colorado Place Names | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company | year = 1977 }}

|established_title1 = Platted

|established_date1 =

|established_title2 = Incorporated

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|government_type = unincorporated community

|governing_body = Phillips County

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2020}}

|area_total_km2 = 1.176

|area_land_km2 = 1.176

|area_water_km2 = 0.000

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Amherst_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0801915 |title=Amherst CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 13, 2023 |quote=}}

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_total = 46

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|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = −07:00

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = −06:00

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 80721{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup|title=Look Up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=December 26, 2020}}

|area_code_type = Area code

|area_code = 970

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Amherst is a census-designated place (CDP) and a post office located in Phillips County, Colorado, United States. As of the United States Census 2020, the population of the Amherst CDP was 47.