Wisconsin Is America’s #4 Amish State — Here Are Its 10 Largest Communities

Wisconsin is home to America’s fourth-largest Amish population, with over 27,000 Amish living across the state.

These ten communities rank as the biggest in Wisconsin, based on the most current Amish population estimates.

While Wisconsin does not have many very large Amish communities, the state makes up for it in number – having the second-most individual Amish settlements of any state.

Population numbers via Young Center for Anabaptist & Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College (source link at bottom).

1. Cashton

Amish buggies parked at an auction event in the Cashton, WI community. Photo: ed_needs_a_bicycle/flickr

Cashton (Vernon/Monroe Counties)
Community founded: 1966
Total Amish population: 2,660

Wisconsin’s largest Amish settlement, comprising 20 church districts (congregations), is set in the rolling Driftless Area shared with neighboring Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. Cashton lies within the heaviest Amish concentration in Wisconsin, taking in neighboring communities in Vernon, Monroe, and Richland counties.

2. Kingston

Autumn work in the Kingston Amish community. Photo: Rose

Kingston (Green Lake/Marquette/Columbia Counties)
Community founded: 1977
Total Amish population: 2,520

The second-largest community in the state, spreading into three south-central Wisconsin counties. With 15 church districts, Kingston is just a shade smaller than the Cashton group.

3. Augusta

Augusta (Eau Claire County)
Community founded: 1978
Total Amish population: 1,570

A long-established community in west-central Wisconsin, near the town of Augusta, southeast of Eau Claire.

4. Platteville/Darlington

An Amish farmer brings in a large load of hay as a storm approaches in the Platteville, Wisconsin settlement. Photo: humbletree/flickr

Platteville/Darlington (Lafayette County)
Community founded: 1999
Total Amish population: 1,545

One of the faster-growing communities on the list, founded in 1999 in the state’s southwest corner.

5. Hillsboro

Amish men move a barn by hand in the Hillsboro, Wisconsin settlement. Image: ViralHog/YouTube

Hillsboro (Vernon/Richland Counties)
Community founded: 1985
Total Amish population: 1,380

Another Driftless Area community, lying in both Vernon and Richland counties.

6. Wilton/Tomah

An Amish buggy in Tomah, Wisconsin. Photo: Mark Ellis/flickr

Wilton/Tomah (Monroe County)
Community founded: 1969
Total Amish population: 1,360

One of the older communities in the state, dating to 1969, located near the village of Wilton and city of Tomah.

7. Granton

An Amish church wagon in the Granton, WI settlement. Photo: Jim Halverson

Granton (Clark County)
Community founded: 1981
Total Amish population: 1,295

The Granton community in Clark County lies in the heart of Wisconsin’s dairy country. Clark County boasts more dairies than any county in the state. And the Granton settlement is one of four Amish locations in the county – fitting given the prevalence of dairy farming among the Amish.

8. Loyal

An Amish farm in the Loyal, WI community. Photo: Jeff the quiet

Loyal (Clark County)
Community founded: 1989
Total Amish population: 1,065

The second of Clark County’s two large Amish communities, founded in 1989 and now eight church districts strong.

9. Fennimore

Amish growers take part in the Fennimore produce auction. Photo: Adams Auction and Real Estate/FB

Fennimore (Grant County)
Community founded: 1998
Total Amish population: 930

Another community in the southwestern corner of the state, founded in 1998. The Fennimore group have just five church districts but an Amish population approaching 1,000 people.

10. Chaseburg

A map showing greenhouses in the Chaseburg Amish community. Photo: Linda Miller/Amish area greenhouses Wisconsin (FB)

Chaseburg (Vernon County)
Community founded: 1994
Total Amish population: 765

Rounding out the top ten, Chaseburg is one more Vernon County community in the Driftless Area, attesting to the importance of this region to the state’s Amish.

For more on Amish communities in the Badger State, check out our Wisconsin Amish state guide.

Population numbers sourced from the Young Center (Elizabethtown College) Amish Settlement List.