The story
Read it all →How Amity came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Amity.
Amity was platted in 1870. A post office called Amity has been in operation since 1872.
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Amity dates to 1870, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 1910.
1870founded
0on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
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How Amity began
When was Amity founded?
1870
Amity dates its founding to 1870 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.
First census: 173 in 19102020 census: 26156 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1872.The full story ↓
What stands out about Amity’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Amity’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amity’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Amity, 1870 to 1923
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1870FoundingAmity is established
- 1872Post officeThe Amity post office opens
- 20th century
- 1923
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Amity, decade by decade
Today2 recent
2026
2004On the map
Amity on the map, 1923 to 1983
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Amity. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1923Maysville sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Amity.
People over time
Amity, census by census
Between 26 and 174 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Amity’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Amity
Nobody well known was born in Amity itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Amity’s history
What year was Amity founded?
In 1870, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Amity’s post office opened in 1872, and the census of 1910 counted 173 people here.
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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.