hurst

I live in Oakhurst. I was just eating some Cheez-Its and it said they were distributed from Elmhurst, IL. That piqued my curiosity (what doesn't?) so I did some research on "hurst". And it's cool. Here's what I found:

hurst

A wood or grove; a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.

Origin: OE. Hurst, AS. Hyrst; akin to OHG. Hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. Horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.

Source: Websters Dictionary

(01 Mar 1998)

Cool, huh? So they call this "Oakhurst" 'cause it's in a grove, or wood or thicket of Oaks. And that's true! There's lots and lots of oak trees around here.

There's another tidbit for ya!