title: Upper Amherst Cove
text: # Upper Amherst Cove
  
  Upper Amherst Cove, is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  
  ## History
  
  The nearest post office dates back to 1864 in Trinity Bay.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Upper Amherst Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision G of Division No. 7. It is near Bonavista, just off Route 235.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Upper Amherst Cove recorded a population of 41 living in 19 of its 30 total private dwellings, a change of 13.9% from its 2011 population of 36. With a land area of 1.59 $km^2$ (0.61 sq mi), it had a population density of $25.8/km^2$ (66.8/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  ## Government
  
  Upper Amherst Cove is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is David Borland.
  
  