Researchers: More PA Amish families move farther west as population increases

Researchers have seen changes in the Amish community, particularly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They said the Amish are ...

More PA Amish families moving farther west as population hits record highs: researchers

Pennsylvania’s Amish population is the largest it’s been, prompting some Amish families in the Lancaster area to move west, ...
LancasterOnline

Amish women crucial to farming success during Great Depression [The Scribbler]

A Works Progress Administration study conducted during the latter years of the Great Depression found that Lancaster County’s Old Order Amish comprised the most economically and culturally stable ...
LancasterOnline

Karen Johnson-Weiner seeks greater understanding of Amish women, Plain Sect diversity

Karen Johnson-Weiner encountered Amish culture for the first time thanks to a group of Japanese exchange students. When she was a student at Hope College, she helped staff a summer program in English ...
WESA

Republicans seek votes among Pa. Amish, who rarely cast them

A voting advertisement geared toward the Amish population of Lancaster County is displayed on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Strasburg, Pa. On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn ...
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Spring for Amish people in Pennsylvania means ‘mud sales,’ from pitchforks to pies

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GORDONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A couple hundred ...
PBS

The Prettiest Drive Through Amish Country in Lancaster, PA

A journey along picturesque Route 772 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The picturesque journey along Route 772 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania takes you through the heart of Amish and Pennsylvania ...