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Amery (/ ˈ eɪ m ər i / AY-mər-ee) [6] is a city in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Apple River. It is a part of Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. The population was 2,902 at the 2010 census. The city was named in honor of William Amery, a carpenter who held several local offices in the 1870s. [7]
2 Geography. Toggle Geography subsection ... Amery: Area • Total. 956 sq mi (2,480 km 2) • Land: ... Polk County map from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation;
Little Falls is an unincorporated community located in the town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. Little Falls is located at the junction of County Highways C and PP 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Amery. [2] The Apple River flows through Little Falls and was once dammed where County Road C now crosses the river.
Amery Municipal Airport covers an area of 218 acres (88 ha) at an elevation of 1,088 feet (332 m) above mean sea level.It has one VASI equipped runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).
The Apple River was once an important route of trade for the logging industry; timber was floated downstream from logging camps in the north to a sawmill in Amery, Wisconsin where it was cut, loaded onto trains and transported throughout the region. Today, the river generates tourism revenue through recreation and resorts, attracting 500,000 ...
A general map of Wisconsin. Wisconsin, a state in the Midwestern United States, has a vast and diverse geography famous for its landforms created by glaciers during the Wisconsin glaciation 17,000 years ago. The state can be generally divided into five geographic regions—Lake Superior Lowland, Northern Highland, Central Plain, Eastern Ridges ...
Professor Lawrence Martin created a schema for dividing Wisconsin into geographical regions in his work "The Physical Geography of Wisconsin". [1] [2] Western Upland; Eastern Ridges and Lowlands; Central Plain; Northern Highland; Lake Superior Lowland; Three of these geographical provinces are uplands and two are lowlands.
Located in northwestern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Polk County and most of Burnett County. It includes the cities of Amery and St. Croix Falls and the villages of Balsam Lake, Centuria, Clayton, Clear Lake, Dresser, Frederic, Grantsburg, Luck, Milltown, Osceola, Siren, and Webster, and part of the village of Turtle Lake.