Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a boomlet of Amish colonies in New York state, according to a study by Elizabethtown College researchers. The ...

There are settlements of Amish all around the nation but a large number live in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Amish are a group of plain people who are similar to but different than the Mennonite. The ...

Developer Michael Sullivan has asked for a three-year hiatus on school construction payments for a planned 36-lot subdivision to allow Charles County’s Amish community time to decide if it wants to ...

The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario _ and has even led parties to scout recently for ...