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Millersburg is a village and the county seat of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. [8] Located 66 miles (106 km) south of Cleveland, it is in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country and is part of a large regional tourism industry. [9] The population was 3,151 at the 2020 census.
Arthur is a village in Douglas and Moultrie counties in Illinois, with Arthur's primary street, Vine Street, being the county line. The population was 2,231 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] The Arthur area is home to the largest and oldest Amish community in Illinois, [ 4 ] which was founded in the 1860s.
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%."
An Amish farmer raking hay. The Holmes County community was founded in 1808 and the Geauga County community in 1886. [4]: 139 At the time of the Holmes County settlement's founding there was at least one sizable village of Native Americans on the northern edge of what would become Holmes County, near the Killbuck river.
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 ...
Holmes County, which was about 42% Amish in 2010, [6] and 48% in 2020, [7] has the highest concentration of Amish in the world, [8] which draws many visitors to the county. The Holmes Amish settlement , which also includes Amish from neighboring counties, is the second-largest in the world after Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , and numbered ...
Sugarcreek is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.The population was 2,373 at the 2020 census.It is known as "The Little Switzerland of Ohio". [4] Located in Ohio's Amish Country, the village is part of a large regional tourism industry. [5]
Middlefield is a village in Geauga County, Ohio, United States.The population was 2,748 at the 2020 census.It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.Middlefield is known for being the center of the world's fourth largest Amish settlement, [4] and its significant manufacturing base, which includes Gold Key Processing, Inc., Duncan Toys and KraftMaid.