More historic than 28% of U.S. towns · #301 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Most of Amery was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1911 on and the census since 1890.
Founding year: the first Amery post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Amery’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Amery is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #301 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Amery’s overall grade.
Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Amery’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Amery’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Amery yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Amery ( AY-mər-ee) is a city in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Apple River. It is a part of Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. The population was 2,962 at the 2020 census. The city was named in honor of William Amery, a carpenter who held several local offices in the 1870s.
Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,902 to 2,962 (+2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Amery, 1887 to 1998
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Amery post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Amery rank for history?
Amery is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #301 of 362 in Wisconsin. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Amery?
10% of Amery’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1977.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (10), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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