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2. Amish in Maryland - Wikipedia

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   The Amish community in Long Green was founded in 1833 and lasted for 120 years, before disappearing in the 1950s. The community was founded by Amish from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but few settlers moved to the area because Maryland was a slave state at the time. Few Amish people crossed the Mason–Dixon line, due to the Amish opposition ...

3. Mennonites in Maryland - Wikipedia

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   Southern Maryland Dutch Country. There is an Old Order Mennonite community in Loveville. The Mennonites of Loveville maintain a farmers' market/produce auction, as well as craft shops and an annual quilt auction. In nearby the nearby communities of Mechanicsville and Charlotte Hall, there is also an Amish community

4. Hagerstown, Maryland - Wikipedia

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   2390597 [3] Website. www.hagerstownmd.org. Hagerstown ( / ˈheɪɡərztaʊn /; HAY-gərz-town [7]) is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Maryland, United States. [8] The population was 43,527 at the 2020 census. Hagerstown ranks as Maryland's sixth-most populous incorporated city and is the most populous city in the Maryland ...

5. Amish - Wikipedia

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   Most Old Order Amish, New Order Amish and the Old Beachy Amish speak Pennsylvania Dutch, but Indiana's Swiss Amish also speak Alemannic dialects. As of 2023 [update] , over 377,000 Old Order Amish lived in the United States, and about 6,000 lived in Canada: a population that is rapidly growing. [14]

6. Hager House (Hagerstown, Maryland) - Wikipedia

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   74000974 [1] Added to NRHP. November 5, 1974. The Hager House is a two-story stone house in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States that dates to c. 1740. The house was built by Jonathan Hager, a German immigrant from Westphalia, who founded Hagerstown. The basement contains two spring-fed pools of water, providing a secure water source. [2]

7. Hagerstown metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   Hagerstown–Martinsburg, MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) covers an area of 1,019 square miles (2,640 km 2 ). The MSA is roughly bordered to the east by South Mountain, to the west by Sideling Hill, to the north by the Mason–Dixon line, and to the south by Northern Virginia. Elevations run from about 250 feet (76 m) above sea ...

8. Pennsylvania Dutch Country - Wikipedia

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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 ...

9. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Pennsylvania ( / ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪniə / ⓘ, lit. 'Penn's forest country' ), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie ), [7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.