East Amherst, New York

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

East Amherst is the zipcode, area of the Town of Amherst, which straddles the boundary known as Transit Road (NY 78) separating the towns of Amherst and Clarence in Erie County, New York, United States of America. East Amherst covers approximately 15 square miles and is contained entirely within the perimeter of ZIP code 14051 (The nearby hamlet of Swormsville also shares this ZIP code with East Amherst).

East Amherst is centered in an area originally known as "Transit Station," a name that has its origins in the railroad station of the New York Central “Peanut Line” that crossed Transit Road just north of Muegel Road. As its farmlands were developed into residential subdivisions, the area was re-named by private developers "East Amherst" was thought to give the new residents a contrived sense of prestige..

The United States Census 2000 found that this zipcode near Buffalo, New York has a population of 17,991 and 6,280 housing units.

The central offices of the Williamsville Central School District are located in East Amherst as are 3 of its 14 schools (Dodge Elementary School, Transit Middle School, and Williamsville East High School).

Fire protection is primarily provided by this community’s namesake, East Amherst Fire Department, as well as by Swormville Fire Company and Clarence Center Volunteer Fire Company.

  v • d • e Municipalities and Communities of Erie County, New York
 County Seat: Buffalo
Cities

Buffalo | Lackawanna | Tonawanda
Towns

Alden | Amherst | Aurora | Boston | Brant | Cheektowaga | Clarence | Collins | Concord | Eden | Elma | Evans | Grand Island | Hamburg | Holland | Lancaster | Marilla | Newstead | North Collins | Orchard Park | Sardinia | Tonawanda | Wales | West Seneca
Villages

Alden | Angola | Blasdell | Depew | East Aurora | Farham | Gowanda | Hamburg | Kenmore | Lancaster | North Collins | Orchard Park | Sloan | Springville | Williamsville
CDPs

Angola on the Lake | Billington Heights | Cheektowaga | Clarence Center | Eden | Elma Center | Harris Hill | Holland | Lake Erie Beach | North Boston | Tonawanda | Town Line | West Seneca
Reservations

Cattaraugus Reservation | Tonawanda Reservation


Coordinates: 43°01′06″N, 78°41′48″W

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../e/a/s/East_Amherst%2C_New_York_4306.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.