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The church at Mio was founded in 1970 by Amish people from Geauga County, Ohio, and from northern Indiana. [4] Other local churches that now are affiliated with the Michigan Amish Churches originally were not Amish, but were founded by evangelistic minded people from several Old Order Anabaptist backgrounds, who were more open to outsiders than typical Old Order Amish.
The county was set off and organized by the Michigan Territory legislature in 1829; it was named for the river. [1] The area is home to the oldest and largest Amish community in Michigan. [4] St. Joseph County comprises the Sturgis, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI Combined Statistical Area.
According to Albrecht Powell, the Pennsylvania Amish has not always been the largest group of U.S. Amish as is commonly thought. The Amish population in the U.S. numbers more than 390,000 and is growing rapidly (around 3-4% per year), due to large family size (seven children on average) and a church-member retention rate of approximately 80%."
As of the census [11] of 2010, there were 1,425 people, 459 households, and 320 families living in the village. The population density was 956.4 inhabitants per square mile (369.3/km 2).
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Michigan" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 920 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Architectural Record described the Grand Rapids Downtown Market as "a fantasyland of eats" and "a dream come true from the perspective of urban planning and local business", listing the market in its Good Design Is Good Business 2015 awards. [4] [12] The market was a silver medalist for the 2015 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. [13]
List of city nicknames in Michigan; S. List of sister cities in Michigan This page was last edited on 4 April 2013, at 12:53 (UTC). Text ...
Isabella County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 64,394. [2] Its county seat is Mount Pleasant. [3] The area was known as Ojibiway Besse, meaning "the place of the Ojibwa". [4]