Amiret, Minnesota

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Amiret, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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Amiret
Coordinates: 44°19′00″N95°41′49″W / 44.31667°N 95.69694°W / 44.31667; -95.69694
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Lyon
Township Amiret
Elevation
1,273 ft (388 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID639330 [1]

Amiret is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

Amiret was originally called Saratoga, after Saratoga, New York, [2] and under the latter name was platted in 1874. [3] The present name, adopted in 1879, is for Amiretta Sykes, the wife of a railroad official. [3]

The town's post office first opened under the name Coburg [3] in 1873. The name of the post office was changed to Amiret in 1878, and remained in operation until 1992. [4]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880 46—
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amiret, Minnesota
  2. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 37.
  3. 1 2 3 Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 311.
  4. ↑ "Lyon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".


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