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The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation is the second largest Old Order Amish affiliation and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and main settlement lie in Elkhart and LaGrange counties in Indiana. While the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, and adjacent counties split into several different affiliations in the last 100 years, the Elkhart ...
Topeka is a town in Clearspring and Eden townships, LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,153 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,153 at the 2010 census. Topeka is located approximately eleven miles south of Shipshewana, Indiana .
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.
LaGrange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.As of 2020, the population was 40,446. [2] The county seat is LaGrange, Indiana. [3] The county is located in the Northern Indiana region known as Michiana and is about 55 miles (89 km) east of South Bend, 105 miles (169 km) west of Toledo, Ohio, and 175 miles (282 km) northeast of Indianapolis.
Indiana-Michigan Amish Mennonite Conference [ edit] Beginning after the dissolution of the Amish Mennonite general conference ("Diener-Versammlung" 1862-1878), the first meeting was in 1888 at the Maple Grove Church near Topeka, Indiana. This conference became known as the "spring conference," in contrast to the Mennonite "fall conference ...
140/sq mi (53/km 2) FIPS code. 18-20206 [2] GNIS feature ID. 453271. Eden Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,894, [3] up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units. [4] The township has a large Amish and Mennonite population.
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%."
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 ...