AMHERST, TEXAS

Lamar County, Central Texas North

3 Miles NE of Paris the county seat
Off of FM 195
Population: Unk

Old Amherst Schoolhouse
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010
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History on a Pinhead

Amherst had a post office in operation from 1904-05 and a school that appeared on maps in 1936. Amherst students were attending classes in Powderly (10 miles NW) in the 1960s and it still appears on detailed TxDoT Lamar county maps.

No cemeteries are in the immediate vicinity and little additional information is available - unless we hear from someone.

Amherst Today

Photographer’s note:
“Quite a neat place to visit. There isn’t much here from a historic perspective.

After leaving highway FM195 out from Paris all that there was to see were golf courses, and “gated communities.” That was almost all the way to where the Amherst old school was. It was kinda odd to see some farming going on (the truck with the hay bales on it).” - Gerald Massey, August 2010

"'The Amherst Road' wasn’t much more than a quaint lane going down through the countryside all very peaceable.”
- Gerald Massey

Hauling Hay in Amherst
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Rural Scene
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, August 2010

Take a road trip

Amherst, Texas Nearby Towns:
Paris the county seat
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