Amherst, Texas
On the flat, treeless High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, Amherst is a small farming city in Lamb County, about 45 miles northwest of Lubbock. The surrounding land is given over to irrigated agriculture, with cotton and grain among the crops raised across the level cropland. Like many towns in this part of the Panhandle, it grew up along the railroad that crossed the plains and served the farms around it.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 640
- Change from 2020 base
- -4%
- Land area
- 0.9 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Lamb County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Lamb County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Amherst
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Amherst.
County Seat History
Littlefield Was Built on a Ranch Sale and a Railroad Stop
Littlefield grew from a single railroad station on a giant cattle ranch into the county seat and commercial center of Lamb County.
Property Tax
Property Tax Has Two Separate Offices in Lamb County
Lamb County splits property tax work between an appraisal district and a separate tax assessor-collector, and the tax office does not collect taxes itself.
Water Wells
A Groundwater District Regulates Wells Over the Ogallala Aquifer
All of Lamb County sits over the Ogallala Aquifer, and a state-authorized water district controls who can drill a well and how much they can pump.
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