Village of Amherst Junction, Portage County, Wisconsin: Place Profile
Town profiles · as of September 19, 2026
Amherst Junction is an incorporated village of 383 (2020 Census) in eastern Portage County, Wisconsin (GEOID 5501800), distinct from the nearby Village and Town of Amherst. Karen Shulfer is clerk of record, and no official village website was found (unverified). The village sits in the Tomorrow River School District, whose charter programs use an Amherst Junction address. By ACS estimate its median household income ($100,000) and home value ($303,900) are the highest of the five villages in this batch.
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No official Village of Amherst Junction website was found.
Amherst Junction has a village board government; its members, meeting schedule and notice-posting location were not found in a source read this session.
No list of employers located in the Village of Amherst Junction was found in a source read this session.
No newspaper based in Amherst Junction was found; the Stevens Point Gazette is the Portage County paper on Wausau Wire's roster.
The fire and EMS provider serving the village was not identified in a source read this session.
No public library outlet located in the village was found.
No hospital or clinic located in the village was found.
No village parks or events were identified in a source read this session.
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The municipality is the Village of Amherst Junction, an incorporated village in Portage County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5501800).
WI 5501800 01582691 Amherst Junction village 47 A 3201547 16850 1.236 0.007
The Village of Amherst Junction is distinct from the Village of Amherst (2020 Census population 1,117) and the Town of Amherst (1,402), all in Portage County.
50102 V Amherst Portage 1133 1117
An Amherst Junction mailing address does not mean the village: the Town of Amherst and Town of New Hope clerks also use Amherst Junction mailing addresses.
"50006","T Amherst","Portage","Shawn Lea","715-824-3476","715-824-2300","[email address]","PO Box 5","Amherst Junction"
The Village of Amherst Junction covers 1.236 square miles of land and 0.007 square miles of water.
Amherst Junction village 47 A 3201547 16850 1.236 0.007 44.468509 -89.31722
The village's Census internal point is near 44.468509, -89.31722.
1.236 0.007 44.468509 -89.31722
The village clerk's address is 3993 2nd Street, Amherst Junction, WI 54407.
"50103","V Amherst Junction","Portage","KAREN SHULFER","715-824-3147","","[email address]","3993 2ND ST","AMHERST JUNCTION","WI","54407"
The 2020 Census counted 383 residents in the Village of Amherst Junction.
50103 V Amherst Junction Portage 376 383
The Wisconsin DOA estimates the village's population at 376 as of January 1, 2025.
50103 V Amherst Junction Portage 376 383
The Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 estimate for Amherst Junction village is 382 on July 1, 2024 (2020 estimates base 387).
162,55,000,01800,00000,00000,0,A,Amherst Junction village,Wisconsin,387,386,385,381,381,382
The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of the village's population is 334 (+/-60).
1600000US5501800|334|60
The ACS 2019-2023 median age in the village is 41.3 years (+/-2.8).
1600000US5501800|41.3|2.8
The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in the village is $100,000 (+/-$9,082).
1600000US5501800|100000|9082
The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in the village is $303,900 (+/-$29,298), the highest of the five villages researched in this batch.
1600000US5501800|303900|29298
The village clerk of record is Karen Shulfer, phone 715-824-3147, at 3993 2nd Street, Amherst Junction.
"50103","V Amherst Junction","Portage","KAREN SHULFER","715-824-3147"
The village lies inside the Tomorrow River School District (NCES 5500330), which enrolled 1,198 students in 2024-2025.
District Name: Tomorrow River School District (Schools in this District) NCES District ID: 5500330
Three Tomorrow River district charter programs share an Amherst Junction mailing address at 10186 County Road MM: Tomorrow River Community Charter, Tomorrow River Community Middle (TRCMS), and Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS).
550033002968|5500330|Tomorrow River Community Charter|55|10186 County Road MM|Amherst Junction|WI|54407
By ACS estimate, Amherst Junction households have the highest median income ($100,000) of the five villages in this batch, against $58,125 to $70,000 for the other four.
1600000US5501800|100000|9082
Wikipedia says an Amherst Junction post office was established in March 1875.
But when a post office was established in March 1875, it was called Amherst Junction.
Lake Emily, about 1 mile west, and Meyers Lake, about 1.5 miles northeast, are the named lakes nearest the village's Census point in USGS GNIS; Lake Julia is about 1.6 miles west.
1569395|Meyers Lake|Lake|Wisconsin|55|Portage|097|Amherst
Wikipedia says Amherst Junction formed where the Wisconsin Central and the Green Bay and Lake Pepin railroads met, and the community was called Groversburg until 1875.
Until 1875, the community was referred to as Groversburg
Amherst Junction incorporated as a village in 1911, according to Wikipedia.
It was not until 1911 that the village was incorporated.
Wikipedia says that by 1914 the village was a buying and shipping center for potatoes.
By 1914, the village had become an important buying and shipping center for potatoes.
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- Amherst Junction, Wisconsin (Wikipedia, raw wikitext)
en.wikipedia.org · encyclopedia · read September 19, 2026
- Census ACS 2019-2023 5-Year Summary File, Table B01002 (Median Age)
www2.census.gov · census acs · read September 19, 2026
- Census ACS 2019-2023 5-Year Summary File, Table B01003 (Total Population)
www2.census.gov · census acs · read September 19, 2026
- Census ACS 2019-2023 5-Year Summary File, Table B19013 (Median Household Income)
www2.census.gov · census acs · read September 19, 2026
- Census ACS 2019-2023 5-Year Summary File, Table B25077 (Median Value, Owner-Occupied Housing)
www2.census.gov · census acs · read September 19, 2026
- NCES CCD District Detail, Tomorrow River School District (5500330)
nces.ed.gov · nces · read September 19, 2026
- NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes, School Year 2023-24
nces.ed.gov · nces · read September 19, 2026
- Stevens Point Gazette section (Waupaca County Post / MMC)
waupacanow.com · news outlet · read September 19, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, Wisconsin Places (incorporated places and CDPs)
www2.census.gov · census · read September 19, 2026
- U.S. Census Subcounty Resident Population Estimates 2020-2024
www2.census.gov · census · read September 19, 2026
- U.S. Census TIGERweb REST, School layer 0 (Unified School Districts)
tigerweb.geo.census.gov · census · read September 19, 2026
- USGS GNIS Domestic Names, Wisconsin
prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com · usgs gnis · read September 19, 2026
- Wisconsin DOA Official Final Population Estimates 2025 (MCD)
doa.wi.gov · state portal · read September 19, 2026
- Wisconsin Municipal Data System, Clerks listing (CSV export)
mds.wi.gov · state portal · read September 19, 2026
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