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The truth is that Amish families and farming communities live and work throughout Lancaster County. According an Elizabethtown College population study, 74,250 Amish live in Pennsylvania, accounting for 23% of the total Amish population in the United States. Ohio is a close second with an Amish population of 73,780.
Apr 27, 2019 · How big is Lancaster County's Amish population? Lancaster County’s fast-growing Amish population recently exceeded the 33,000 mark -- 33,143 in 2018, up 3.2%, from the previous year, according ...
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Lancaster ( locally / ˈlæŋk ( ə) stər / LANK- (ə-)stər) is a city in and the county seat of Fairfield County, Ohio, in the south-central part of the state. [3] . As of the 2020 census, the city population was 40,552. The city is near the Hocking River, about 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Columbus and 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Zanesville.
Lancaster, city, seat (1800) of Fairfield county, south-central Ohio, U.S., on the Hocking River, about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Columbus. It was founded (1800) by Ebenezer Zane on land granted to him in payment for blazing Zane’s Trace, a 266-mile (428-km) wilderness road from Wheeling, West Virginia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 984 square miles (2,550 km 2), of which 944 square miles (2,440 km 2) is land and 40 square miles (100 km 2) (4.1%) is water. [50] Climate [ edit ]
The Pennsylvania Amish of Lancaster County are America's oldest Amish settlement, where tens of thousands still live a centuries-old "Plain" lifestyle. Always a vital part of Lancaster County culture, the PA Amish are involved in agriculture as well as an array of businesses and cottage industries. Arriving in Amish Country allows you to step ...
Compiled by The Lancaster Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.1 mi². 18.1 mi² of it is land and 0.0 mi² of it is water. The total area is 0.06% water.
