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In 1847, 800 Dutch immigrants led by Dominee Hendrik "Henry" P. Scholte settled the area known as Pella.The name "Pella" is a reference to Pella of the Decapolis, where the Christians of Jerusalem had found refuge during the Roman–Jewish war of 70; [4] the name was selected because the Dominee and his followers sought religious freedom as well.
Pages in category "Dutch-American culture in Iowa" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Each village had between forty and one hundred houses, a church, school, bakery, dairy, wine-cellar, post office, sawmill, and general store. Every able-bodied man was expected to serve in the fire department, and each village had its own fire department. Most houses were two stories and built with local sandstone, which has an unusual hue.
The Dominie Henry P. Scholte House is an historic residence located in Pella, Iowa, United States. Dominie Scholte was the leader of a secessionist movement from the organized church in the Netherlands in the 1830s.
According to 2021 US Census data, 3,083,041 [1] Americans self-reported to be of (partial) Dutch ancestry, while 884,857 [2] Americans claimed full Dutch heritage. 2,969,407 Dutch Americans were native born in 2021, while 113,634 Dutch Americans were foreign-born, of which 61.5% was born in Europe and 62,9% entered the United States before 2000.
Orange City is a city in, and the county seat of, Sioux County, Iowa, United States. [3] Its population was 6,267 in the 2020 census, an increase from 5,582 in 2000. [4] Named after William of Orange, [5] the community maintains its Dutch settler traditions visibly, with Dutch storefront architecture and an annual Tulip Festival.
Pella Dutch, also known as Iowa Dutch, is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Pella, Iowa. Pella Dutch's origins began with the migration of a group of 800 Dutch settlers under the leadership of Dominee (Reverend) H. P. Scholte in 1847. In 1860, the Pella Weekblad, Pella's first Dutch language newspaper, debuted. The paper continued to be ...
The Dutch settlers of Sioux County found politics and county offices in the hands of a few Americans at Calliope, Iowa. The town was laid out in 1860 on the Big Sioux River and less than one mile north of the business section of the present town of Hawarden. A portion of it is now included within the corporate limits of Hawarden and is still ...