Country United States County Marinette Area code(s) 715 & 534 Elevation 273 m | State Wisconsin Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) GNIS feature ID 1560815 Population 180 (2010) | |
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Area 4.198 km² (4.178 km² Land / 2 ha Water) | ||
Amberg is an unincorporated census-designated place in Marinette County, Wisconsin (USA), in the town of Amberg. It is located on U.S. Highway 141. As of the 2010 census, its population was 180. The Amberg Historical Society operates the Amberg Historical Museum Complex which consists of the historic town hall that is on the National Register of Historic Places, the community's train depot, a 1900-era house, and the Amberg Museum.
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Dave's Falls is located near Amberg.
Amberg is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Amberg has an area of 1.621 square miles (4.20 km2); 1.613 square miles (4.18 km2) of this is land, and .008 square miles (0.021 km2) is water.
History
The first permanent settler in what is now Amberg was Warren Buckman (1857–1925), who established a trading post west of the Pike River in 1883. He was followed by Charles Dahl (1862–1944), a railroad surveyor, in 1884. The town of Amberg was established in 1890. It is named after William Amberg, a Chicago businessman that created granite quarries in the area.