In 1872, when the Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company entered the county, a side-track for the unloading of supplies was laid on the S.S. Truax farm (later known as the Frank Moon farm) on the NW 1/4 of Section 32 about a mile and a half from the present village of Amiret and was also called Saratoga Station. 

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Amiret has borne different names at different period of its history. It is one of the oldest villages of Lyon County. The present and final location of Saratoga Station was slected in the fall of 1874. The townsite, also names Saratoga, situated on the NW 1/4 of Section 19 in Amiret Township, was surveyed for the railroad compnay on October 7, 1874 by Jon B. Berry and the certification of dedication was made APril 26, 1875. Eight blocks were laid out, divided by Front, Church, Main, Second, and First Streets. A depot was erected and Saratoga of "Cobrun" as the place was more commonly called, begain to take on the apperance of a village. Mr. William Coburn erected a store building a little north, but within a very short time, moved the building to the side-track location in Section 32. In July of 1872, a post office was built and named in honor of Mr. Coburn, he was the first postmaster and later moved his store and post office to the new townsite where it remained until destroyed by fire in December of 1907. 

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Prior to February 1879, the postoffice bore the name Coburn and the station Saratoga. Confusion in the mail service resulted because of the dual names and both were changed at this time to Amiret, in honor of Amiretta Sykes, wife of M.L. Sykes, vice president of both the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Companies. In 1879, by legislative act, the name of the township was changed to Amiret. The post office would serve the area for nearly 100 years. 

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​The grasshopper plague in 1875 slowed the progress of Amiret until the spring of 1878, when the post office was opened again and a store and elevator were established. By 1882, a lumber yard and a hotel and boarding house had been added. By 1885, the village was deserted by the following year, the Webb brothers, Frank and Tom, opened a store. 

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For many years, Amiret had a Community Band which furnished music at hometown activities and celebrations in nearby cities and towns. The free, summer, open-air picture shows on Friday evenings drew large crowds and sometimes there would be ball games or ice cream socials the same evening. 

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