Maine / Hancock / Amherst

Amherst

Town in Hancock County.

People

265Census · July 1, 2025

Hunt district

WMD 18Map · Boundary

Deer 2025

2323 in 2024

Income

$72,656This town

Land

39 sq miThis town

Density

7 per sq miThis town

Federal money

$589.3 millionHancock County, FY2025

Weather alerts

0Hancock County

Climate reporters

0 placesThis town

Chemical reporters

0 placesThis town

Town office

For shoreland zoning, building permits, docks, and other waterfront questions. Contact the town office.

572 Airline Rd Amherst, ME 04605
Google Maps

Phone: (207) 584-5725

Clerk: DeAnne Deckers

Lakes

Town that contains the DEP lake point. A pond on the town line can be listed in the other town.

LakeAcresMax depth

Debec Pond 34 acres —

Jellison Hill Pond 33 acres —

Partridge Pond 28 acres —

Halfmile Pond 28 acres —

Ducktail Pond 24 acres —

Dutton Pond 21 acres —

Mountains

Summit point inside this town polygon. A peak on the line can land in the next town.

SummitElevation

Bald Bluff Mountain 1,024 ft

Deer by season

2025 23

2024 23

2023 19

2022 18

2021 15

2020 17

2019 17

2018 9

2017 11

2016 12

Registered deer, Maine IFW. Zero can mean a closed town, not an empty woods. District is the town center. A town on the line may include a second district.