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About Amherst, TX

Amherst is a farming town of 900 people on the Texas High Plains, 40 miles northwest of Lubbock via US 385 and Highway 54. Cotton and grain fields surround this remote community at 3,400 feet elevation. The cooperative's grain elevator dominates the skyline and can be spotted from miles away across the flat prairie.

Where is Amherst, TX on the map?

Amherst, TX is in United States, at 34.012, -102.415 - about 14 km south-east of Sudan, TX.

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What is the closest airport to Amherst, TX?

The closest airport to Amherst, TX is Clovis Municipal Airport, 84 km (about 1 h 1 min by car). Other airports nearby: Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.

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