Author: Joe Donnermeyer

Joseph F. Donnermeyer is professor emeritus in the Rural Sociology program, part of the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. His Amish research concerns examination of the demographic dimensions of the Amish, including population growth, settlement expansion, and occupational change. He has co-written two books about the Amish (A Quiet Moment in Time and Lessons for Living) and about two dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Dr. Donnermeyer now supervises an online course titled “Amish Society”, and recently developed an online continuing education course of the same title. He continues as an adjunct professor at the West Virginia Center for Violence Research, West Virginia University (Morgantown), and the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales. He is the founder/editor of the International Journal of Rural Criminology and cofounder/coeditor of the Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities (https://plainanabaptistjournal.org).

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Multi-Settlement Amish Counties

Multi-Settlement Amish Counties

Joe Donnermeyer of the Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities guest posts today with a look at multi-settlement Amish counties across America. In March I did a list of 10 Amish “supercounties” – which I defined as having at least five settlements (full or partial) within their borders. Joe expands on that list with this guest post. He actually finds 20 counties that qualify under the…

The 14 “Two-State” Amish Settlements

The 14 “Two-State” Amish Settlements

Based on the most recent Amish population figures, there are more than 380,000 Old Order Amish people living in over 630 settlements. Joe Donnermeyer has dug deep into the settlement data – particularly a separate set of data which he discusses below.  Today Joe presents a list of Amish communities which cross state borders. In other words, communities having households in two neighboring states. Joe…

The Mid-town Manhattan “Amish Market”

The Mid-town Manhattan “Amish Market”

In this guest post by Joe Donnermeyer, he shares an interesting discovery he recently made in Manhattan. Have you ever come across something like this? In celebration of completing our regimen of Covid-19 shots and wanting to travel once again, my wife (Diane) and I decided to spend a week in a place where we had never been before – New York City. We booked…

Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities (JPAC) Issue #2 Now Available

Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities (JPAC) Issue #2 Now Available

The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities (JPAC) has just released its second issue (Volume 1, Issue 2). We previously covered the release of the inaugural issue, and an article from that edition by Mark Louden on language and Plain health care. The Journal is sponsored by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, and the Amish & Mennonite Heritage…

JPAC: Mark Louden On Language & Plain Health Care

JPAC: Mark Louden On Language & Plain Health Care

Last week we informed you of a new free online resource called The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities. Here’s a summary of one of the articles you might find of interest – Mark Louden’s “Plain Talk about Health: Linguistics Aspects of Mediation between Amish and Mennonites and Health Care Professionals”, courtesy of editor Joe Donnermeyer. The inaugural issue of The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities…

Amish Settlement Attempts Since The 1700s

Amish Settlement Attempts Since The 1700s

Joseph Donnermeyer of Ohio State University today shares with us an article published two weeks ago in the Budget newspaper. In it, Joe looks back at all the Amish settlement attempts throughout their history in North America. He highlights some interesting figures, including a total of 342 settlement attempts since 2000. At first that seemed higher than I’d expect, but it only underscores the growing…