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History · Amity Township

The history of Amity Township

Below: maps from 1954 on.

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What stands out about Amity 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 Amity Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Amity Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Amity Township.

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Amity Township was organized in 1910 from Amity School Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Amity Township on the map, 1954 to 1980

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

Amity Township on the 1954 USGS mapAmity Township on the 1971 USGS mapAmity Township on the 1980 USGS map1954Minot sheet · 1:250,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oak Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillow Vale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhitteron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLordsburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.