Guide to Discover Amherst County, a supplement published by the Amherst New Era-Progress in the 1980s and 1990s.



1984 1985 1987 1988

Articles in the 1984 edition

  • Appalachian Trail, 10
  • Blue Ridge Parkway, 10
  • Central Virginia Training Center, 16
  • Churches Listing, 23
  • Fire Departments & Rescue Squads, 20
  • George Washington National Forest, 22
  • Historic Buildings, 4
  • History of Amherst County, 5
  • Industry, 9
  • Legislators Listing, 21
  • Map of Amherst County, 14,15
  • Mills, 18
  • Old Dominion Job Corps Center, 8
  • Queena Stovall, Folk Artist, 12
  • Rivers, Lakes, 11
  • Ryan Nursing Home, 21
  • Schools Listing, 17
  • Shopping, 9
  • Sweet Briar College, 6
  • Sweet Briar House, 25
  • Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 28
  • Wreck of the Old 97, 7

Articles in the 1985 edition

  • Churches, 21
  • Clifford, 8
  • County Offices, 28
  • Elected Officers, 34
  • Elon, 10
  • Emergency Numbers, 29
  • Extension Office, 33
  • Gladstone, 20
  • History of County, 2
  • Law Enforcement, 26
  • Library, 37
  • Little Known Facts, 39
  • Lowesville, 16
  • Madison Heights, 6
  • Map, 2
  • Monroe, 14
  • Museum, 40
  • Naola, 11
  • Neighborhood Watch, 7
  • Newspaper Guidelines, 32
  • Old Businesses, 35
  • Pedlar Mills, 24
  • Recreation, 30
  • River Communities, 22
  • Schools, 25
  • Sweet Briar, 12
  • Town of Amherst, 4
  • Watershed Project, 15

Articles in the 1987 edition

  • A&N Railroad Equipment, 40
  • Amherst Drug Store, 19
  • Amherst High School, 52
  • Amherst Tastee Freeze, 11
  • Amherst Tire Rebuilders, 55
  • Babcock Auto Sales, 14
  • Bank of Amherst, 49
  • Clifford Downtown, 36
  • Coffey Store, 27
  • Court House, 48
  • Drummonds Store, 23
  • Episcopal Church of Amherst, 20
  • ESSO Station, 45
  • Faulconer Bros, 27
  • First State Bank of Monroe, 53
  • Gulf Station, 8
  • Holiday Inn, 14
  • Horse Drawn Wagon 1945, 24
  • James River, 15
  • James River Elementary School, 34
  • Madison Heights 1924 Team, 30
  • Madison Heights Baptist Church, 16
  • Madison Heights Pharmacy, 35
  • Madison Heights Post Office, 11
  • Madison Heights School, 31, 37, 41, 50
  • Madison Lounge, 9
  • Madison Square Market, 10, 18, 51
  • Main & Fifth Street House, 25
  • Old Tavern4, 46
  • Pedlar Dam, 42
  • Pedlar Mills Post Office, 10
  • Piney River at Woodson, 38
  • Scrap Shop, 43
  • Seminole Restaurant, 51, 54
  • Sweet Briar Station, 39
  • Tinsley, J. Warren, 23
  • Tyler School Students, 12
  • Winton, 8, 27
  • Wright's Home, 44

Articles in the 1988 edition

  • Amherst Baptist, 6
  • Amherst Presbyterian, 16
  • Ascension Episcopal, 36
  • Bethany Methodist, 20
  • Beulah Methodist, 40
  • Centenary Methodist, 54
  • Cornerstone Baptist, 62
  • Ebenezer Baptist, 4
  • Elon Presbyterian, 61
  • Emmanuel Methodist, 19
  • Ivy Hill Methodist, 26
  • Macedonia Methodist, 18
  • Mt. Horeb Methodist, 38
  • Mt. Moriah Baptist, 8
  • Mt. Pleasant Methodist, 59
  • Mt. Tabor Methodist, 10
  • New Prospect Baptist, 60
  • Pleasant Grove Methodist, 24
  • St. James Methodist, 22
  • St. Luke's Episcopal, 12
  • St. Mark's Episcopal, 3
  • St. Paul's Mission, 64

Created 12/17/2004