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Indiana Has Over 68,000 Amish — Here Are the 10 Biggest Communities
ByErik Wesner May 19, 2026September 25, 2026
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Indiana is where you’ll find America’s third-largest Amish population, with over 68,000 Amish living across the state. These ten communities rank as the biggest in the Hoosier State, based on the most current population estimates (2026). Population numbers via Young Center for Anabaptist & Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College (source link at bottom). 1. Elkhart-LaGrange Counties Elkhart-LaGrange Counties Community founded: 1841 Total Amish population: 30,795…

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Amish Controversies

Amish Fishermen Caught & Kept a Giant 40-Pound Muskie and Some Are Not Happy About It
ByErik Wesner May 16, 2026
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A pair of videos have been making the rounds showing an Amish fisherman and a boy – who I would guess is his son – hauling away a giant fish after a successful catch. The fish is a muskellunge, better known as a “muskie” – and you can tell by the way the man is lugging it on his back that it is a hefty…

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Amish Homes

This Ultra-Functional Amish Home Looks Like a Metal Barn — Workshop Below, Home Above (29 Photos)
ByErik Wesner May 15, 2026
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A lot of things are jumping out about this Amish home listing in Guernsey County, Ohio — starting with the fact that you might drive right past it thinking it’s a commercial building. More on that in a minute. As to the locale, this home sits in one of the most Amish-dense counties in the United States (at least when it comes to number of…

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Amish Culture

Conrad Fisher Turned An Old Church Into A Studio And Helped Send Ben & Rose To 40 Million Views
ByErik Wesner May 13, 2026
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If you’ve been following Ben and Rose, you probably know Conrad Fisher has been part of their story from the beginning — producing their music, playing on their recordings, and showing up in their video clips. The Associated Press recently did a piece which centers on Conrad and Ragamuffin Hall — a former Presbyterian brick church building in the rural Pennsylvania community of McCoysville —…

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Amish Life

Amish Horse Collapses On Highway & Falls Into Water — Deputies Help Owner Save It
ByErik Wesner May 13, 2026
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This sort-of dramatic story with a happy ending comes from an Amish community in the excellently-named Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It turns out that an Amish horse collapsed while traveling on a highway – falling into water of some sort. The details come from a law enforcement roundup report at the Perham Focus: [May 11] 11:40 a.m., Horse reportedly collapsed on the roadway after suffering…

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Feel Good

Amish In This Community Invited A 15-Year-Old TikTok Preacher To Deliver A Sermon
ByErik Wesner May 12, 2026

This story will make you do a double-take. At least, it did me. Last month, Amish in a community in Eaton County, Michigan invited a teenage social media preacher to deliver a sermon to their community. He ended up preaching to a group of over 100 people, from the Amish and other backgrounds. When I saw this story, I had the obvious questions. Who are…

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The Amish & Crime

Once-Amish Iowa Man Faces Second Round of Charges Over Unlicensed Clinic — Authorities Say Patients Were Injured & Died, While He Earned $887,000
ByErik Wesner May 11, 2026
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A formerly Amish Iowa man is facing charges for the second time — including two felony counts — over an unlicensed rural health facility, which once drew many Amish customers. Authorities are now alleging that patients were injured and died, and that Eddie R. Gingerich collected hundreds of thousands of dollars running the operation. From KTVO: Eddie Gingerich, 36, was arrested on April 22 by…

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Amish Culture

What Is the Plain Community Writers Workshop? Over 300 Amish and Plain Writers Just Attended in Berlin, Ohio
ByErik Wesner May 9, 2026
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Over 300 Amish and Plain community writers got together in Berlin, Ohio on March 13 and 14 for the Plain Community Writers Workshop — an event that has grown from a small home gathering five years ago into one of the more noteworthy literary happenings involving the Amish. The two-day event was held at Dayspring United Mennonite Church in Holmes County. Publishers, sponsors, and book…

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Amish Homes

This North Carolina Amish Home Has One Big Detail Not Seen in 99% Of Amish Homes (31 Photos)
ByErik Wesner May 8, 2026
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Here’s an Amish home in a location you might not expect: Hamptonville, North Carolina (Yadkin County). North Carolina has just two Amish settlements in the entire state. One of them, commonly known as the Union Grove community (about 45 minutes west of Winston-Salem) has been around since 1985. I want to emphasize that this is a horse-and-buggy Amish community. But there’s one detail about this…

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Amish Life

An Amish Family Was Tearing Down A Home To Replace It When The Roof Collapsed. A Man Was Pinned Underneath & Has Died
ByErik Wesner May 8, 2026

An Amish family in Juniata County, Pennsylvania was involved in an incident Wednesday while dismantling a trailer home. A roof collapsed, pinning a man underneath. This accident was first reported two days ago, with relatively few details. Now a fresh report informs us that the man pinned under the structure has died. From WGAL: WALKER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Juniata County Coroner said the man…

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