Amherst

42º23N 72º31W, pop (2000e) 34 900. Town in Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA; 128 km/79 mi W of Boston; settled, 1727; incorporated, 1759; birthplace of Emily Dickinson, P D Eastman, Helen Hunt Jackson.

Amherst is the name of several places, named for Jeffrey Amherst:

Amherst, Burma (also now known as Kyaikkami) Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Middle Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Amherst, Nebraska Amherst, New Hampshire Amherst, New York Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst Head, Nova Scotia Amherst Point, Nova Scotia Amherst Shore, Nova Scotia East Amherst, Nova Scotia West Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst, Ohio (4th Largest Amherst in the US) Amherst Island, Ontario Amherst Pointe, Ontario Amherstburg, Ontario Amherstview, Ontario Amherst, Quebec Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst, Quebec Amherst, Virginia Amherst County, Virginia Amherst, Maine Amherst, Nebraska Amherst, Texas Amherst, Wisconsin

Amherst can also mean Amherst College, an educational institution in Amherst, Massachusetts, as well as the University of Massachusetts Amherst, located in the same town.

Amherst is the name of a number of people:

Jeffrey Amherst, British army officer Josceline Amherst, Australian politician

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