Amherst

Amherst
/am"euhrst/, n.
1. Jeffrey, Baron, 1717-97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760-63.
2. a city in W Massachusetts. 33,229.
3. a town in N Ohio. 10,638.
4. a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 10,263.

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      town (township), Hampshire county, west-central Massachusetts, U.S. It lies in the Connecticut River valley just northeast of Northampton. It includes the communities of North Amherst, Amherst, and South Amherst. The town of Hadley adjoins it on the west. Settled as part of Hadley in the 1730s, Amherst was recognized in 1759 as a separate district and named for Jeffrey (later Baron) Amherst, British commander in North America in the French and Indian War. It was incorporated as a town in 1775 and has developed principally as an educational centre.

      Noah Webster (Webster, Noah) lived in the town (1812–22) while working on his dictionary and was one of the founders of Amherst College, which was established in 1821. The University of Massachusetts (Massachusetts, University of) was founded at Amherst in 1863 as an agricultural land-grant college; its central campus covers 1,400 acres (567 hectares) and contains more than 160 buildings. Hampshire College, which lies south of the town, opened in 1970. The county's academic community also includes the prominent women's institutions of Smith College (1875) and Mount Holyoke College (1837), both within 10 miles (16 km) of Amherst.

      A number of homes of literary interest are in the town, including those of the poet Emily Dickinson (Dickinson, Emily), the poet-novelist Helen Hunt Jackson (Jackson, Helen Hunt), and the poet Robert Frost (Frost, Robert). Area 28 square miles (73 square km). Pop. (1990) 35,228; (2000) 34,874.

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