Meanings
proper noun
- One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Amherst.
Origin
Named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Amherst County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amherst%20County
MLA
“Amherst County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amherst%20County. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Amherst County,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amherst%20County.
Source: Amherst County on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.