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Sources of the statistics. The data for 1992 are from "Amish Studies - The Young Center". [10] The data for 2000 are from a book published in 2001 (Donald Kraybill, The Riddle of Amish Culture) [11] and from "Amish Studies – The Young Center". [12] The data for 2010 are from "Amish Studies - The Young Center". [13]
The county has four incorporated cities and towns with a total population of over 15,000, [5] as well as many small unincorporated communities. The county is divided into 12 townships which provide local services. [6] [7] There are four Indiana state roads in the county, as well as three U.S. Routes and one railroad line.
Shipshewana is a town in Newbury Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 658 at the 2010 census. The population was 658 at the 2010 census. It is the location of the Menno-Hof Amish & Mennonite Museum, which showcases the history of the Amish and Mennonite peoples.
Daviess County / ˈ d eɪ v iː z / is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 33,381. [2] The county seat is Washington. [3] About 15% of the county's population is Amish of Swiss origin, as of 2017. [4]
"Second-class" cities had a population of at least 34,000 and up to 600,000 at time of designation, and have a nine-member city council and an elected clerk. Indianapolis is the only "first-class" city in Indiana under state law, making it subject to a consolidated city-county government known as Unigov .
Most of the Amish that came to Indiana believed in sprinkling new members. In 1984, A Rush County Retrospect article written by Laura Schmidt described some of the Amish convictions: "The young ...
Adding 200 new residents to each of Indiana's rural counties for the next 15 years would erase decades of population loss, the authors contend.
Berne initially formed around a rail depot placed on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad lines. On Christmas Day 1871, the first train arrived at the local depot. A post office was established in Berne in 1872. [9] After the population of the town exceeded 2,500, on a petition of two-thirds of the residents, the town decided to become a city ...