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Jamesport is located in eastern Daviess County on Missouri Route 190 just south of Missouri Route 6. Gallatin is approximately nine miles to the southwest and Trenton is approximately 12 miles to the northeast in adjacent Grundy County. [8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km 2 ...
This community of Swiss Amish was founded in 1968 and consisted of 13 church districts in 2014 and a total Amish population of about 2,250 people. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] By 2019, the settlement had grown to 16 church districts and approximately 3,270 people, placing it among the 12 largest Amish communities in the world.
Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,430. [2] Its county seat is Gallatin. [3] The county was organized December 29, 1836, from Ray County and named for Major Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, a soldier from Kentucky who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Counties with Amish settlements in 2021. Old Order Amish population growth in the 20th century. There were 32 states of the United States with an Amish population in 2024 that consists of at least one Amish settlement of Old or New Order Amish, excluding more modern Amish groups like e.g. the Beachy Amish. New Order Amish are seen as part of ...
In the fall of 1953, the first Amish family moved to the land just north of Sturgeon. Now the community has expanded to over sixty families. Most of the Sturgeon Amish adhere closely to their beliefs and are classified as Old Order Amish, meaning they follow a very conservative Ordnung: self-sufficiency, charity, and individualism are very ...
Millersburg is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is located near the Boone-Callaway county line on the Owl Creek tributary of Cedar Creek. The Little Dixie Lake and Little Dixie Wildlife Management Area lie on Owl Creek just north of the community. It is on Missouri Route J about four miles ...
Leadmine (also spelled out Lead Mine) is an unincorporated community in northern Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located about 3.5 miles east of Tunas on Missouri Route E. The Lead Mines Conservation Area lies one-half mile to the east. [2] It is approximately 50 miles north-northeast of Springfield.
Prairie Home is located along Missouri Route 87 at its intersection with routes J and EE. The community is 1.5 miles west of the Cooper-Moniteau county line and approximately 13 miles southeast of Boonville. The Prairie Home Conservation Area is two miles south along Schaaf Creek. [6] [7]