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The village of Arthur characterizes itself on its website as an Amish-friendly community, with more than 4,000 "Plain People" living in the region centered on the village. [5] The Amish settlement near Arthur was founded in 1864 and by 2013 had 30 church districts [ 8 ] with about 150 people per district.
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%."
In May 2007 a group of 60 Amish men, women and children moved from Wisconsin to Saline County, Illinois where they purchased almost 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of land to farm near Harco. [1] At the junction of Harco Road and Brown Road they erected a school house that was destroyed by a derecho in 2009. [2] In 2013 the Amish there had one church ...
Nauvoo (/ ˈ n ɔː v uː / NAW-voo; from the Hebrew: נָאווּ, Modern: Navu, Tiberian: Nâwû, 'they are beautiful') is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa. The population of Nauvoo was 950 at the 2020 census.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. It has been suggested that this article be merged with Amish in Canada. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships This article is about a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships. For other uses, see Amish (disambiguation ...
Pages in category "Amish in Illinois" ... Arthur, Illinois This page was last edited on 7 September 2019, at 22:30 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Sterling city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2010 [11] Pop 2020 [12] % 2010 % 2020 White ...
Illinois Route 142 passes through the village, leading northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Mount Vernon, the county seat, and southeast 15 miles (24 km) to McLeansboro. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Belle Rive has a total area of 1.03 square miles (2.67 km 2 ), all land. [ 5 ]