Official Name: | Amberg, Wisconsin |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Wisconsin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marinette |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.20 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.18 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.62 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.61 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 6706 |
Population Density Km2: | NaN |
Population Density Sq Mi: | NaN |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 896 |
Coordinates: | 45.5031°N -87.9936°W |
Area Codes: | 715 & 534 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1560815 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Est: | N/A |
Amberg is an unincorporated census-designated place in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, in the town of Amberg.[3] It is located on U.S. Highway 141. As of the 2010 census, its population was 180.[4] 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.[5]
Dave's Falls is located near Amberg.
Amberg is part of the Marinette, WI - MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Amberg has an area of 1.621mi2; 1.613mi2 of this is land, and 0.008mi2 is water.
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 post office was established in 1884 with the name Pike, and the name was changed to Amberg in 1880.[6] It is named after William Amberg (1847–1918), a Chicago businessman that created granite quarries in the area.[6] [7] [8]