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History · Emery

Emery dates to 1881, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Emery LDS Church. Below: 2 old photos and papers.

1881founded
1on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Emery began

When was Emery founded?

1881

Emery dates its founding to 1881 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1888.

2020 census: 307145 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1888.The full story ↓

What stands out about Emery’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Emery’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Emery came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Emery.

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Emery sits at the base of the mountains that contain the North Horn Formation. Named after North Horn Mountain, near Castle Dale, this formation in Emery County contain numerous Cretaceous- and Tertiary-era fossil invertebrates, microfossils and palynomorphs. Flagstaff Peak, north of Emery, has abundant dinosaur bone material, prehistoric mammal remains, and petrified dinosaur footprints. The elevation is around 7000

ChaptersPrehistoricFremont people, the Old Spanish Trail, and explorationSettlement

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Emery, 1881 to 1949

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881
    FoundingEmery is established
  3. 1888Post officeThe Emery post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1949Born hereClay Christiansen is born here
By decade

Emery, decade by decade

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Emery TownDate?Emery TownEmeryCabinStreetDate?EmeryCabinStreet
Today3 recent
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Then & now

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Emery

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Emery LDS Church
Emery LDS Church
Buildings
Emery LDS ChurchBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Emery’s history

What year was Emery founded?

In 1881, according to Wikidata. Emery’s post office opened in 1888.

What is on the National Register in Emery?

One place: the Emery LDS Church (listed 1980).

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Sources

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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.