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History · Emery

Emery’s post office opened in 1901, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1979 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Emery began

When was Emery founded?

1901

The Emery post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dover (1906), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 308125 years
Founding year: the first Emery post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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 writtenNo old photos of Emery are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Emery’s collection

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 so far

Emery, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Emery yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Emery is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 308 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Dover is located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 297 to 308 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Emery, 1901 to 1979

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Emery post office opens
  3. 1906Post officeThe Emery post office closes
  4. 1906Post officeThe Dover post office opens
  5. 1934Post officeThe Dover post office closes
  6. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Emery, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Emery Town Hall2016Emery Town HallWIMap-doton-Emery2004WIMap-doton-Emery
On the map

Emery on the map, 1979 to 2005

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

Emery on the 1979 USGS mapEmery on the 2005 USGS map1979Dover 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 Emery.

Famous people

Famous people close to Emery

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

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Dennis MorganAmerican actor · b. 1908
Jay LeggettAmerican actor, improvisational comedian, produ… · b. 1963
Mike WebsterAmerican football player · b. 1952
Carl R. EklundAmerican ornithologist · b. 1909
Esther BubleyAmerican photographer · b. 1921
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Chuck MencelAmerican basketball player · b. 1933
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Emery had its own post office from 1901 to 1906. Another post office, Dover, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Emery
1901–1906
Dover
1906–1934
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Dover
Gone or out of use
Dover 3-E SchoolschoolDover 5-G SchoolschoolEast Highland SchoolschoolFour Corners Camp GroundlocaleHemlock Grove CamplocaleMiller Road SchoolschoolViola Villa SchoolschoolWillow Springs Camp Groundlocale
1cemetery inside Emery
Emery

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.

Worcester1 historic placeB+HackettIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinocqua4 historic placesB−Fifield3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLynneIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Emery’s history

What year was Emery founded?

The Emery post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 (2), 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.