Amish States and Provinces – 2022

Posted on August 11, 2023 by vanbraman

Do you know where the Amish live in the US and Canada?

They probably live in more areas that you realize.

Many people think of the Amish living in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and these states do have the largest populations of Amish.

Since I have Amish ancestry I have done a lot of research through the years into where they have lived.

It is a lot easier today to find out where the Amish live due to the great work of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.

Amish, States, Amish Population, There are currently Amish settlements in 32 states as of 2022.

Amish, Amish Counties, Amish Settlement, Amish Map, Amish StatesHere is a closer look at where Amish settlements were in 2022. See: Map of Amish Counties 2022

Amish Settlements 2013, Amish States, Where Amish LiveI first created the state map back in 2013 for my post Amish States. You can see that the only change is the addition of Vermont and New Mexico

Amish, States, Amish Population, There are also seven states where Amish have lived in the past, but where they no longer have settlements. I have written about settlements in three of those states.

See:

Amish in California?

Amish in Oregon?

Amish in New Orleans?

Amish Canada, Amish Provences, Amish SettlementsThere are also Amish in four provinces of Canada. The most recent province where Amish have settled is Manitoba.

See: Amish Provinces

The Amish continue to look for new places to settle as their population rapidly increases, and I would not be surprised to see a few more states or provinces added to the map in the next years.

Do you live near an Amish settlement?

Steven

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Food in Japan Remembered

Posted on August 10, 2023 by vanbraman

Today I received an e-mail from a colleague in Japan and this had me thinking of my last trip there. While walking tonight I remembered a meal that I shared with him the night before I headed home. See the last picture in the post that I wrote at the time.

3/27/19

This morning as I finish packing for my flight home I will quickly post pictures of some of the food that I have eaten on the trip.

CoCo Ichibanya, curry house, ton katsu, breaded food, curryI will start with a meal a couple nights ago at The Curry House. I did not realize that I had ordered as much as I had. It was a good thing that I was hungry.

Bento box, Korean, Bulgogi, Japan, lunchHere is a bento box that I had for lunch at a Korean restaurant. It is still a bit Japanese in the presentation and was quite good.

Spiny Lobster, lobster sushi, Japanese Cuisine, FoodHere is some nice Spiny Lobster sashimi. This was quite an interesting dish, and I may write more about it sometime.

okonomiyaki, savory pancake, osaka, japanese foodYesterday here in Osaka I had okonomiyaki which are savory pancakes. These were really good. They are sprinkled with bonito flakes which are moved around by the steam coming off the pancakes. It was quite interesting.

udon noodles, tempura, Japanese Food, Cuisine Last night it was really late when I got back from the customer so we went out for a quick meal of udon noodles and tempura.

My flight lands in San Francisco in a little more than an hour from now, so I better get finished packing and leave for the airport.

Steven

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