Extinct Amish Settlements: An Overview, 1730s–2024
Abstract
Of the 958 settlements founded in North America since the Amish arrived in the 1730s, 272 are now extinct. This research note provides a summary of those failures to sustain the life of an Amish community, and includes an appendix listing settlement extinctions by state and in chronological order. The article concludes with a discussion about the value of understanding community failures as an important, but often ignored, dimension of the Amish story in North America.
Keywords: community, extinction, reasons for failure, settlement
How to Cite:
Donnermeyer, J., (2024) “Extinct Amish Settlements: An Overview, 1730s–2024”, The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities 5(1), 25-43. doi: https://doi.org/10.18061/jpac.v5i1.10020
Rights: Joseph F. Donnermeyer
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