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The Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie Deitschland ), or Pennsylvania Dutchland, [4] [5] is a region of German Pennsylvania spanning the Delaware Valley and South Central and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania . By the American Revolution in the 18th century, the region had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch ...
The largest centered around Holmes and Geauga Counties. The Ohio Amish Country, also known simply as the Amish Country, is the second-largest community of Amish (a Pennsylvania Dutch group), with in 2023 an estimated 84,065 members according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760 near Churchtown [1] is the oldest Amish settlement that is still in existence.
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget [37] has designated Schuylkill County as the Pottsville, PA micropolitan statistical area (μSA). [38] As of the 2010 U.S. Census [39] the micropolitan area ranked the number 1 most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 5th most populous in the United States with a population of 148,289.
Lancaster County ( / ˈlæŋkɪstər /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi ), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 552,984, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most populous county. [2]
Website. www .berwickborough .org. Berwick is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Wilkes-Barre. As of the 2020 census, Berwick had a population of 10,355. [4]
Volant, Pennsylvania. / 41.11444°N 80.25944°W / 41.11444; -80.25944. Volant is a borough in northern Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 census. [3] Volant is surrounded by Old Order Amish farms of the New Wilmington settlement. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area .
The Amish ( / ˈɑːmɪʃ /; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische ), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. [2] As they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith in common, the Amish have been ...