{"id":1876,"date":"2015-03-11T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T00:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:40:17","slug":"guest-post-where-the-amish-people-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/guest-post-where-the-amish-people-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Places You Didn&#8217;t Expect to See Amish People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>We&#8217;re happy to have Erik Wesner, founder and editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/amishamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Amish America<\/em><\/a>, on our blog! From time to time, he offers us his insights into various aspects of the Amish culture and communities. Take it away, Erik &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#where-do-amish-people-live\">Where do Amish people live?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#why-are-amish-people-spreading-across-the-country\">Why are Amish People Spreading Across the Country?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#are-the-amish-in-canada\">Are the Amish in Canada?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#learn-more-about-the-amish\">Learn More About the Amish<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-do-amish-people-live\">Where do Amish people live?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, with the way Amish have been growing and moving, a&nbsp;better question may soon be &#8220;where&nbsp;don&#8217;t&nbsp;they live?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many, the first place that comes to mind is Pennsylvania, specifically&nbsp;Lancaster County, home to the oldest and best-known Amish settlement. This is also one of the largest communities, with over 30,000 Amish residents, according to&nbsp;2014 estimates&nbsp;by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies (Elizabethtown College).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amish, as it happens, aren&#8217;t afraid to migrate and move to the proverbial greener pastures when the need arises. And why might the need arise, you might be wondering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/category\/about-the-amish\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"424\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1877 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Big-Valley-PA.jpg\" alt=\"Where Do Amish People Live?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Big-Valley-PA.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Big-Valley-PA-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-are-amish-people-spreading-across-the-country\">Why are Amish People Spreading Across the Country? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Different reasons, actually\u2014to find cheaper farmland in a less-populated&nbsp;area, a search for spiritual harmony in their church lives, or&nbsp;a desire for more or less technology (different Amish churches follow somewhat different rules, with some permitting technologies others don&#8217;t). This willingness to migrate has led to roughly 500 independent Amish settlements across North America today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise,&nbsp;over the years Lancaster County and related communities have spawned dozens of spin-off settlements spanning eight states. You&#8217;ll see the characteristic gray-topped Lancaster-style buggy in places as diverse as Virginia, New York, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other states that come to mind when we think &#8220;Amish&#8221; include Ohio, where you&#8217;ll find the sprawling&nbsp;Holmes County&nbsp;community among rolling&nbsp;hills on the edge of Appalachia, or Indiana, with the bustling&nbsp;Elkhart-Lagrange County&nbsp;settlement or that of neighboring&nbsp;Nappanee.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-1878 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kentucky.jpg\" alt=\"Where Do Amish People Live?\" class=\"wp-image-1878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kentucky.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Kentucky-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You&#8217;ll find communities of Amish people (and their corresponding, picturesque laundry lines) in thirty states in America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But the Amish have expanded well beyond these traditional homelands. In fact, as of 2015 you&#8217;ll find an Amish presence in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amishamerica.com\/amish-state-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">a whopping 30 states<\/a>! Amish dots pop up all across the map, from Maine to Montana, Texas to Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some states have proven especially attractive in recent years to Amish seeking new homes. These include Kentucky&nbsp;and New York, which have attracted migrants at an above-average rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amish still remain most heavily-settled in the Midwest, however, though their presence in the South (states like Virginia and Tennessee) and the West (Colorado and Wyoming) is expanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those Amish who relocate to different regions of the country find climates and conditions different from those in their traditional areas. This can influence the type of work they pursue\u2014with Amish in some cases opting for small businesses such as stores and <a title=\"Meet the Amish Makers:\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/category\/about-the-amish\/amish-woodworkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amish furniture workshops<\/a> in lieu of dairy farming (those living in drier climes, for instance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some Amish communities have developed a reputation for certain trades. For example, the&nbsp;Arthur, Illinois&nbsp;settlement is known for its furniture and cabinetry work, with dozens of shops scattered throughout the community of over 4,000. Many Amish in the community just outside Fort Wayne in&nbsp;Allen County, Indiana&nbsp;are active in construction trades. And their neighbors in the northern part of the state provide the backbone to the area&#8217;s well-developed recreational vehicle industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"425\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1879 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dover-DE.jpg\" alt=\"Where Do Amish People Live?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dover-DE.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dover-DE-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t find the traditional horse-and-buggy in EVERY Amish community &#8211; Amish people in Florida travel by bike!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"are-the-amish-in-canada\">Are the Amish in Canada? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, we can&#8217;t forget Canada. Since the 1800s, Amish have made their home in&nbsp;Ontario, and today there are over one dozen communities in the province, where they rub elbows with their spiritual cousins, horse-and-buggy Mennonites. Until now, Amish north of the border have mostly remained in Ontario, though recent news reports suggest a group may migrate to Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For that matter,&nbsp;Canada is the only country outside of the US where you&#8217;ll find Amish, though at certain points in their history, Amish have lived in both Mexico and Paraguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these rare forays into foreign lands, few Amish have ever attempted to resettle outside of the US and Canada. No doubt the Amish&nbsp;continue to&nbsp;appreciate the religious freedoms and economic opportunities which drew them out of Europe and into&nbsp;North America beginning back in the 1700s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Erik Wesner is the founder and editor of&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/amishamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Amish America<\/em><\/a><em>, a website about Amish culture and communities, and the author of Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive. All images belong to Mr. Wesner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learn-more-about-the-amish\">Learn More About the Amish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-types-of-amish\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2298\">Different Types of Amish<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-beliefs\/\">Amish Beliefs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-clothing\/\">Amish Clothing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/do-amish-own-guns\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26589\">Can The Amish Use Guns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/6-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-amish-and-money\/\">6 Things You Might Not Know About the Amish and Money<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-families\/\">Amish Families<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-transportation\/\">Amish Transportation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish Church<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish Businesses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish History<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-amish-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish Children<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/amish-misconceptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish Misconceptions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/pennsylvania-dutch-the-amish-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania Dutch &#8211; the Amish Language<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/what-the-amish-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What the Amish Read<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-amish-and-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Amish and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/amish-wedding-traditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish Wedding Traditions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/guest-post-where-the-amish-people-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Places You Didn\u2019t Expect to See Amish People<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/10-ways-amish-people-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 Ways Amish People Travel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/amish-games-and-entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amish Games and Entertainment&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <div class=\"related-post slider\">\r\n        <div class=\"headline\">Related Posts<\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"post-list owl-carousel\">\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"item\">\r\n          \r\n  <a class=\"title post_title\"  title=\"What Does Amish Furniture Cost? 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From time to time, he offers us his insights into various aspects of the Amish culture and communities. Take it away, Erik &nbsp; Where do Amish people live? 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