The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was first settled circa 1805. The Town of Amboy was created in 1830 from part of the Town of Williamstown.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1855Map of the town ofMap
1860s2 items · Carterville (Village); Amboy Center B…Commons
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1850s1 paper
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Carterville (Village); Amboy Center Business Directory.; Amboy Center (Village); Amboy (Township) (1867) and it appears here side by side.
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