Amherst,_South_Dakota

Amherst, South Dakota

Amherst, South Dakota

Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States

Amherst is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States.

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History

A post office called Amherst was established in 1887.[2] The community most likely takes its name from Amherst, Massachusetts.[3]

Approximately two and half miles southeast of the village a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline caused what is being called the largest oil spill in South Dakota history on November 16, 2017.[4] The spill is an area about 100 yards in radius within a conservation reserve field about a mile east of 416 Avenue south of the village.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amherst, South Dakota
  2. [2]
    "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. [3]
    Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. American guide series. University of South Dakota. p. 21.
  4. [4]
    Schmidt, Kayleigh. (17 November 2017). "Landowner near Keystone Pipeline leak says he isn't surprised". KSFY website Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. [5]
    Marvel, Shannon. (18 November 2017). "TransCanada: 'This is our responsibility, plain and simple' ". Aberdeen News website Retrieved 18 November 2017.


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