There are well over 600 Amish settlements across North America, with new settlements being started at a rate of about one every 10 days.
You may have even seen Amish start a new community near you recently – or you might sometime soon.
At the same time, many Amish settlements have failed over the years.
There are a number of reasons for this:
- A location might not prove as attractive as first thought, proving harder to make a living than expected.
- An area may have become inhospitable for a horse-and-buggy people.
- A community may fail to attract enough families or
- A community may fail to establish a church ministry.
- Or other reasons.
All in all, hundreds of Amish communities have gone extinct over the years.
The “Century-Plus” Amish Settlements
So I thought it would be worth looking at those settlements which have managed to survive a long time – taking note of those at least 100 years old…