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Amherst, City of Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, United States


Alternative Names:Amherst, Amherst Corners, Amherstville, Amhurst, Amkherst, Four Corners, North Amherst, Plato, amhrst, amhrst awhayw, Амхерст, أمهرست, امهرست، اوهایو
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Lorain County, Ohio, USA
Region:City of Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, United States
Latitude:41° 23' 52" N
Longitude:82° 13' 20" W
Lat/Long (dec):41.39782,-82.22238
Köppen climate type:Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:210m
Population:12,135 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:5145695
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:5145695:5
GUID:0
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA41° 23' 52" N82° 13' 20" W0.0km (0.0 miles)
Sandstone quarry, South Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA41° 22' 2" N82° 15' 15" W4.3km (2.7 miles)
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA41° 22' 5" N82° 6' 28" W10.1km (6.3 miles)
Cleveland Stone Company Quarry, Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 18' 5" N82° 23' 7" W17.3km (10.8 miles)
Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio, USA41° 15' 15" N82° 23' 58" W21.8km (13.5 miles)
Berlin Heights, Berlin township, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 19' 31" N82° 29' 35" W24.0km (14.9 miles)
Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 22' 22" N81° 55' 34" W24.9km (15.5 miles)
North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 24' 56" N81° 55' 24" W25.0km (15.5 miles)
Columbia Road (Ohio Highway 252) crossing, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 24' 10" N81° 54' 11" W26.6km (16.5 miles)
West Branch Rocky River unnamed tributary mouth, Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 24' 14" N81° 53' 56" W27.0km (16.8 miles)
West Branch Rocky River outcrop, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 24' 19" N81° 53' 45" W27.2km (16.9 miles)
Huron, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 23' 42" N82° 33' 18" W27.8km (17.2 miles)
Abrams Creek pickeringite occurrence, Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 24' 42" N81° 52' 6" W29.6km (18.4 miles)
Berea, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 21' 58" N81° 51' 13" W31.0km (19.2 miles)
Milan, Huron County, Ohio, USA41° 17' 2" N82° 35' 30" W33.3km (20.7 miles)
Milan, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 17' 50" N82° 36' 20" W33.9km (21.0 miles)
Huron River bridge occurrence, Milan, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 18' 3" N82° 36' 35" W34.1km (21.2 miles)
Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 23' 54" N81° 48' 16" W34.8km (21.7 miles)
Big Creek pyrite occurrence, Parma Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 23' 27" N81° 46' 5" W37.9km (23.5 miles)
Wagner Quarries Co. Soldiers Home quarry, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 24' 44" N82° 40' 37" W38.0km (23.6 miles)
Parma Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 23' 24" N81° 45' 34" W38.6km (24.0 miles)
Huron Shale burn site, Huron River, Huron County, Ohio, USA41° 16' 41" N82° 40' 27" W40.0km (24.9 miles)
Blue Bridge, West Branch Huron River, Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio, USA41° 16' 45" N82° 40' 31" W40.0km (24.9 miles)
Prout, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 21' 4" N82° 41' 59" W40.2km (25.0 miles)
Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, USA41° 26' 56" N82° 42' 28" W40.9km (25.4 miles)
Ore Docks, Whiskey Island, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 29' 44" N81° 43' 20" W43.1km (26.8 miles)
Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio, USA41° 14' 39" N82° 41' 46" W43.1km (26.8 miles)
Cargill Inc. Cleveland Salt Mine, Whiskey Island, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 29' 35" N81° 43' 7" W43.3km (26.9 miles)
Monroeville (2), Huron County, Ohio, USA41° 14' 32" N82° 42' 0" W43.5km (27.0 miles)
Whiskey Island, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA41° 29' 45" N81° 42' 59" W43.5km (27.1 miles)
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View of the Amherst quarrying area, in 1909.

Molone Quarry, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Granite-Rhyolite Province, North America PlateMagmatic Province
Shawnee Domain, North America PlateDomain
USACountry
Ohio, USAState
Lorain County, Ohio, USACounty
 
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