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Welcome to Amiret ...

Amiret is located in Lyon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Amiret, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Amiret is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Amiret lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Amiret: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Amiret ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Amiret.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Amiret. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Amiret.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Amiret. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Amiret.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Amiret. See our Newspapers Page for Amiret.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Amiret ...

Looking for more information about Amiret? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Amiret, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Amiret.

Adding Amiret to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Amiret in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Amiret was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Amiret post office opened in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Amiret.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Lyon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Amiret - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Amiret area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Amiret area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/