Kammala wannan jumla: Lokacin da aka haɗa shi, gwamnan mulkin mallaka ya sanya sunan garin "Amherst" bayan Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. Yawancin gwamnonin mulkin mallaka a lokacin sun watsar da sunansa yayin kwararar sabbin aikace-aikacen gari, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa garuruwa da yawa a Arewa maso Gabas ke ɗauke da sunan. Amherst shi ne Babban Kwamandan sojojin Arewacin Amurka a lokacin Yakin Faransa da Indiya wanda, a cewar shahararren labari, ya lashe Kanada don Birtaniya kuma ya kori Faransa daga Arewacin Amirka. Shahararren imani shine cewa ya goyi bayan gefen Amurka a cikin Yakin Juyin Juya Halin da ya yi kuma ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa maimakon yaƙi da Burtaniya. Baron Amherst a zahiri ya kasance a cikin sabis na Crown a lokacin yakin - ko da yake a Birtaniya maimakon Arewacin Amirka - inda ya shirya tsaro a kan shirin Franco-Spanish
Jirgin ruwa na 1779. Duk da haka, aikinsa na baya a cikin Faransanci da Indiya na nufin ya kasance sananne a New England. Amherst kuma sananne ne don bayar da shawarar, a cikin wasika zuwa ga wani bawa, yin amfani da bargo da aka rufe da cutar a cikin yaƙi da 'yan asalin Amurka tare da kowane "wani hanyar da za ta iya amfani da ita don kawar da wannan tseren tseren". Saboda wannan dalili, akwai wasu motsi na lokaci-lokaci don sake sunan garin. Sabbin sunayen da aka ba da shawarar sun hada da "Emily", bayan Emily Dickinson.