Amherst may refer to:

People

Amherst (surname) Amherst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Baron Amherst (disambiguation), in particular: ** Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797), British army officer ** William Amherst (British Army officer) (1732–1781), you ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Earl Amherst Earl Amherst (), of Arracan in the East Indies, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 December 1826, for William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, the Governor-General of India. He was made Viscount Holmesdale, in t ...

of Arracan in the East Indies, a title in the British Peerage; formerly ''Baron Amherst'' *

Baron Amherst of Hackney Baron Amherst of Hackney (), in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 August 1892 for the former Conservative Member of Parliament William Tyssen-Amherst, with remainder, in default of male ...

of the City of London, a title in the British Peerage

Places

Australia

Amherst, Victoria Amherst is a former municipality and gold rush town situated within the Shire of Central Goldfields in Victoria, Australia. Much of the original township has been destroyed by fire, and little remains other than Amherst Cemetery at 235 Avoca Roa ...

Burma

* Kyaikkami, Myanmar, formerly known as Amherst

Canada

* Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador * Middle Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador *

Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador 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 ...

Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst ( ) is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, and south of the Northumberland Strait. The town sits on a height of land at the eastern boundary of th ...

Amherst Head Amherst Head is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County. According to the boo Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Amherst Head is "located on the road from Amherst to Pugwash, west of Pugwash. Among ...

, Nova Scotia *

Amherst Internment Camp Amherst Internment Camp was an internment camp that existed from 1914 to 1919 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. It was the largest internment camp camp in Canada during World War I; a maximum of 853 prisoners were housed at one time at the old Malleable I ...

, Nova Scotia (1915-1919) *

Amherst Point Amherst Point is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to: Australia * Cumberland County, New South Wales * the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Austra ...

, Nova Scotia * Amherst Shore, Nova Scotia * East Amherst, Nova Scotia *

West Amherst, Nova Scotia West Amherst is a small community in the Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Hants County. ReferencesWest Amherst on Destination Nova Scotia
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Amherst Island Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario, west of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Amherst Island, being wholly in Lake Ontario, is upstream, above the St Lawrence River Thousand Islands. The Island is part of Loyalist Township in Lennox and Addingt ...

, Ontario *

Amherst Pointe, Ontario Amherstburg is a town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. In 1796, Fort Malden was established here, stimulating growth in the settlement. The fort has been designated as a National Historic Site. The town is ...

Amherstburg Amherstburg is a town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. In 1796, Fort Malden was established here, stimulating growth in the settlement. The fort has been designated as a National Historic Site. The town is ...

, Ontario *

Amherstview, Ontario Amherstview is an unincorporated community in the township of Loyalist, Ontario. It is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario and has a population of approximately 7,959 as of 2016. It is adjacent to the city of Kingston and is considered p ...

Amherst, Quebec Amherst is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality. The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population ...

* Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst, Quebec *

Amherst Island (Nunavut) Saglaarjuk (Inuktitut syllabics''ᓴᒡᓛᕐᔪᒃ'') formerly Amherst Island is one of several uninhabited, irregularly shaped islands located on the south side of the Fury and Hecla Strait of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern C ...

United States

Amherst, Colorado Amherst is a census-designated place (CDP) and a post office in and governed by Phillips County, Colorado, United States. The Amherst post office has the ZIP Code 80721. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Amherst CDP was 4 ...

Amherst, Maine Amherst is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 248 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 201 ...

Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst () is a New England town, town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,263, making it the highest populated municipality in Hampshire County (althoug ...

Amherst Center, Massachusetts Amherst Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The CDP covers the primary village in town. The population was 19,065 at the 2010 census, out of a total town population ...

Amherst Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota Amherst Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 405 at the 2000 census. Amherst Township was organized in 1858, and named after Amherst, Ohio, the native home of the wife of an early settler. Geo ...

Amherst, Nebraska Amherst is a village in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 248 at the 2010 census. History Amherst was laid out and platted on its present site in 1890 ...

Amherst, New Hampshire Amherst is a town in Hillsborough County in the state of New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,753 at the 2020 census. Amherst is home to Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, Hodgman State Forest, the Joe English Reservation and Baboosi ...

, a New England town **

Amherst (CDP), New Hampshire Amherst is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Amherst in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 697 at the 2020 census, out of 11,753 in the entire town. The village cent ...

, the main village in the town *

Amherst, New York Amherst () is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. Amherst is an inner ring suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census. The second ...

, the largest suburb of the city of Buffalo *

Amherst, Ohio Amherst () is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. It is located west of Cleveland. The population was 12,681 at the 2020 census. History The original village, which eventually became known as Amherst, was established/founded by pione ...

Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio Amherst Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,844, down from 7,598 people at the 2000 census. In 2010, 5,728 of the population lived in the unincorporated porti ...

Amherst, South Dakota Amherst is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Amherst has been assigned the ZIP code of 57421. History A post office called Amherst was established in 1887. Th ...

Amherst, Texas Amherst is a city in Lamb County, Texas, United States. The population was 721 at the 2010 census. History Amherst, on U.S. Route 84 and the BNSF Railway in west central Lamb County, began in 1913 as a Pecos and Northern Texas Railway station f ...

Amherst, Virginia Amherst (formerly Dearborn) is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Amherst County, Virginia, Amherst County. Amherst is part of the Lync ...

Amherst County, Virginia Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst ...

* Amherst (town), Wisconsin **

Amherst, Wisconsin Amherst is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,035 in the 2010 census. Amherst is at the core of the Tomorrow Valley area. History The name Amherst was established in 1853 by Adam Uline, after General J ...

, a village in the town

Education

* Amherst Regional Public Schools, in Amherst, Massachusetts, US *

Amherst Central High School Amherst Central High School (ACHS) is a public High school (North America), high school in Snyder, New York, Snyder, New York (state), New York, United States, a Hamlet (New York), hamlet within the town of Amherst, New York, Amherst, which is wit ...

, in Snyder, Amherst, New York State, US *

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

, in Amherst, Massachusetts, US *

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

, in Amherst, Massachusetts, US

Transportation

Cars

Amherst (automobile) The Amherst was a Canadian automobile manufactured in Amherstburg in 1911. The unusual feature of the car was a demountable body that could be fitted behind the front seats to convert the car into a light truck. The car was financed by backers in ...

, manufactured briefly in Canada

Stations

* Amherst Street station, a subway station in Buffalo, New York * Amherst station (Massachusetts), a former station in Amherst, Massachusetts, US * Amherst station (Nova Scotia), a station in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

Other uses

* Fort Amherst (disambiguation), military facilities in England and Canada *

Baron Amherst (disambiguation) Baron Amherst may refer to: * Baron Amherst ''of Holmesdale in the County of Kent'' (Peerage of Great Britain) — created in 1776 for Jeffery Amherst and extinct in 1797. * Baron Amherst, ''of Montreal in the County of Kent'' (Peerage of Grea ...

Amherst Street (disambiguation) Amherst Street may refer to: *Amherst Street (Kolkata), a neighborhood in northern Kolkata, India *Amherst Road (former name of Kyaikkhami Road), a road in Moulmein Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; th, เมาะลำเลิง ; ...

Amherst Township (disambiguation) Amherst Township may refer to the following townships in the US: * Amherst Township, Cherokee County, Iowa * Amherst Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota Amherst Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The populatio ...