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History · Amiret Township

Amiret Township’s post office opened in 1878, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on.

1878first post office
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49%homes built before 1940
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How Amiret Township began

When was Amiret Township founded?

1878

The Amiret Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 205148 years
Founding year: the first Amiret Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Amiret Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Amiret Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Amiret Township’s homes were built before 1941.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amiret Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Amiret Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Amiret Township.

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Amiret was originally called Saratoga, after Saratoga, New York, and under the latter name was platted in 1874. The present name, adopted in 1879, is for Amiretta Sykes, the wife of a railroad official.

The town's post office first opened under the name Coburg in 1873. The name of the post office was changed to Amiret in 1878, and remained in operation until 1992.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Amiret Township on the map, 1962 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Amiret Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Amiret Township on the 1962 USGS mapAmiret Township on the 1986 USGS map1962Amiret sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Amiret Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Amiret Township

Nobody well known was born in Amiret Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Steve ZahnAmerican actor · b. 1967
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Trey LanceAmerican football player · b. 2000
Leo K. ThorsnessUS Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipie… · b. 1932
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Bill GullicksonAmerican baseball player · b. 1959
Har Mar SuperstarAmerican singer · b. 1978
Mally JohnsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1908
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Amiret
Gone or out of use
Amiretlocale
1cemetery inside Amiret Township
Amiret

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Monroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSodus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClifton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGales TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Amiret Township’s history

What year was Amiret Township founded?

The Amiret Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.