Amiret, Minnesota

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Amiret, Minnesota
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Amiret
Coordinates: 44°19′00″N95°41′49″W / 44.31667°N 95.69694°W / 44.31667; -95.69694 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(s) 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.
1880 46
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

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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 17 February 2015.
  5. United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".