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2. Lancaster Amish affiliation - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. West Nickel Mines School shooting - Wikipedia

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   West Nickel Mines School shooting. On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania. [1][2][3] Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot ten girls (aged 6–13), killing six (five in the ...

4. I broke away from my traditional Amish community. Here ... - AOL

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   I was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one of the main Old Order Amish places in the US. I grew up on a small farm in a little community surrounded by mountains and valleys — I was always ...

5. New Order Amish - Wikipedia

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   The New Order Amish emerged mainly in two regions: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Holmes/Wayne County, Ohio. Waldrep cites a New Order Amish man: . In Lancaster County, the New Orders wanted a lot more new stuff, but they also wanted to be a little bit more spiritual.

6. Amish - Wikipedia

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   Traditional, Lancaster style Amish buggy Amish school near Rebersburg, Pennsylvania. As time has passed, the Amish have felt pressures from the modern world. Issues such as taxation, education, law and its enforcement, and occasional discrimination and hostility are areas of difficulty. [citation needed]

7. Subgroups of Amish - Wikipedia

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   The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760, is the oldest Amish settlement that is still in existence.

8. Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   1182445 [1] Nickel Mines is a hamlet that is located in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The zip code is 17562 and the area code is 717. The area now has a sizable Amish community.

9. Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church - Wikipedia

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   Because of growth of the Weavertown congregation, three daughter congregations have been established over the years: two in Lancaster County — Pequea (pronounced "peck way") Amish Mennonite Church in 1962, and Mine Road Amish Mennonite Church in 1969; another daughter congregation was established in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 2000 ...