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In 1969 a small group of Amish families investigated the idea of settling in southern Rush and northern Decatur counties. At the time land was available for $380-$400 per acre. By 1970 the Amish ...
The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation is quite liberal compared to other Amish affiliations concerning the use of technology. Regulations of the Ordnung may vary considerably from district to neighboring district as can be seen in the table below, where "some" (yellow) indicates non-uniform regulations: [ 1 ]
The Amish have settled in as many as 32 US-states though about 2/3 are located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The largest Amish settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and adjacent counties followed by Holmes and adjoining counties in northeast Ohio, about 78 miles south of Cleveland.
Berne is widely known for its Swiss heritage, architecture and culture, and for its status as the "Furniture Capital of Indiana." [4] Berne and the surrounding area have also become known for their large Amish population (the fifth largest Amish community in the USA), [5] who speak Bernese German (a Swiss German dialect), as opposed to ...
The Daily Yonder reports that as the Amish population in America grows, Amish communities — and their rural neighbors — are finding ways to adapt. Across the country, Amish populations are on ...
Millersburg is a predominantly Amish elementary school. In 1999, a new elementary school was created, it was called, Benton Elementary School, and it would serve rural areas throughout New Paris and Millersburg. In 2008, Fairfield Community Schools had a board meeting upon the issue of the decreasing number of students at Millersburg Elementary ...