Amherst, TX

Amherst is a city in Lamb County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 678 residents. Amherst, on U.S. Route 84 and the BNSF Railway in west central Lamb County, began in 1913 as a Pecos and Northern Texas Railway station for William E. Halsell's Mashed O Ranch. Amherst makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Amherst is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Amherst is in central Lamb County, 8 miles northwest of Littlefield, the county seat, and 24 miles southeast of Muleshoe. U.S. Route 84 passes just southwest of Amherst, connecting Littlefield and Muleshoe.