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A grey top buggy of the Lancaster Amish affiliation. The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760 near Churchtown [1] is the oldest Amish ...
Even though the Lancaster affiliation is quite liberal concerning the use of technology, compared to other Amish affiliations, it is an affiliation that practices strenge Meidung (strict shunning). [17] Lancaster affiliation buggies have gray tops. Lancaster affiliation had 141 church districts in 1991 and 286 in 2010. [18]
[73] [74] The Lancaster Amish affiliation is relatively liberal concerning the use of technologies compared to other Amish affiliations. Historically speaking, the Amish population in 1970 numbered only about 7,000; that climbed to about 12,400 by 1990 and 16,900 by 2000. [75] It has doubled since then. Lancaster also hosts other Plain ...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The Amish population in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County is continuing to grow each year, despite the encroachment of urban sprawl on their communities.
The estimated Amish population in Pennsylvania is about 93,000, and the estimated Amish population in the Lancaster County area is about 44,000. The number of eligible Amish voters in Lancaster ...
An organizer estimates 200 community members shuttled about 26,000 people from Amish weddings to the polls to vote for the Republican nominee. ... LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.
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 ...
Charles Hurst and David McConnell: An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2010 ISBN 9780801893988; Joe Mackall: Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish, Boston, Mass. 2007. ISBN 9780807010648 (Account of a neighbor and friend to a Swartzentruber family)