Amherst (New York)
Amherst is a city of the county of Erie located in the State of New York. It is in the north of Buffalo which is the administrative capital of the county. With the census of the year 2000, the city was populated of: 116150 inhabitants. Amherst owes its name with the English officer Jeffery Amherst.
The town off Amherst was named the surest city of the the United States in the category of the cities whose population lies between: 100000 and: 499999 inhabitants, includes off the essence of the Village Williamsville . The city is located at the extreme north of the country, and borders at a small distance the Canal Érié. Amherst is moreover the city of the most populated suburbs of Buffalo. According to a report/ratio of FBI, Amherst is the third surest city of the country, all populations confused behind Newton in the Massachusetts and Brick Township in the New Jersey. The classification of the FBI was based on six categories of offenses: murder, rape, burgling, hold-up, physical aggressions and flight of cars.
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