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Jul. 10—The New Wilmington Produce Auction is under new ownership. Joe Miller and Amanda Houston recently sold the facility at 3238 state Route 208 just west of Route 18 to Dan Byler of New ...
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%."
Stanwood is a village in Mecosta County of the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 194 at the 2020 census. [2] The village is within Mecosta Township.. Stanwood holds the record for the hottest recorded temperature in the state of Michigan along with Mio when it reached 112 °F (44 °C) on July 13, 1936.
Mud sales are country auctions that benefit volunteer fire departments across what the Amish community refers to as the Lancaster settlement, located some 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of ...
In June 1869, the GR&I railroad crossed the Little Muskegon River and the Village of Morley was created. Construction of the next section of track to the Village of Paris started in late July 1869 and the Village of Stanwood came into existence. The GR&I reached the city limits of Big Rapids on June 20, 1870, and the Village of Paris on July 1 ...
The church at Mio was founded in 1970 by Amish people from Geauga County, Ohio, and from northern Indiana. [4] Other local churches that now are affiliated with the Michigan Amish Churches originally were not Amish, but were founded by evangelistic minded people from several Old Order Anabaptist backgrounds, who were more open to outsiders than typical Old Order Amish.
The majority of affiliations reflects mainly the different local Ordnungen (Orders) in different Amish settlements, e.g., Lancaster Amish, Elkhart-LaGrange Amish or Holmes Old Order Amish, even though there are also other differences. Other affiliations are the result of splits over major questions, such as shunning, and reflect Ordnungen that ...
Most of the area is served by the Stanwood ZIP code 49346, [6] although "Canadian Lakes, Michigan", is an acceptable name for mail delivery by the post office. [7] The village of Stanwood is 7 miles (11 km) west of the community. Small portions of the CDP are served by other postal delivery areas.