Amherst

Meanings

1. An English surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A census-designated place in Phillips County, Colorado.
4. A town in Hancock County, Maine.
5. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
6. A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
7. A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
8. A town and census-designated place therein, in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
9. A town in Erie County, New York.
10. A city and township in Lorain County, Ohio.
11. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.
12. A minor city in Lamb County, Texas.

1. Ellipsis of Lady Amherst's pheasant.

Etymology

From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).