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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Berne (English: ) is a city within Monroe and Wabash townships, Adams County, Indiana, United States, located 35 miles (56 km) south of Fort Wayne. The population was 4,173 at the 2020 Census . Berne is widely known for its Swiss heritage , architecture and culture, and for its status as the " Furniture Capital of Indiana ."
The Amish community in Adams County belongs the Swiss Amish, which is an Amish affiliation whose ancestors came to Adam County in 1840 and who speak a Bernese dialect in everyday life. They had a total population of 8,595 people in 58 congregations in 2017, [ 10 ] or 24.2% of the county's population.
The largest Swiss Amish settlement is located in Adams County, Indiana, near Berne with a total Amish population of 8,595 people in 2017. [13] The Amish settlement in Daviess County, Indiana with a total Amish population of 4,855 people in 2017 was originally settled mostly by Swiss Amish but switched to Pennsylvania German language over time.
The Monroe area has consistently been the American region with the highest percentage of people descended from those of Swiss nationality. Most local residents who have Swiss heritage are of Anabaptist faith, or have Swiss Mennonite and Swiss Amish backgrounds, as this area of Indiana was settled by Swiss Anabaptists in the 1800s.
Map all coordinates using ... and arboretums in Indiana is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] [2 ...
Feb. 14—This is the 22nd article written to commemorate the Rush County Bicentennial. Forty-eight years ago I wrote a graduate paper about Amish education. The paper was titled The Educational ...
Monroe Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. [2] As of the 2020 census , its population was 5,287, [ 1 ] up from 4,858 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ]