Anyone homesteading in Northeast Amish area?

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Thank you one and all. I appreciate all the info and directions and such.

I look forward to my usual summer trips to everywhere and anywhere. And now I've got some MORE good places to check out.

Thanks,

Ozarkguy

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There's the Amish community located in Daviess County Indiana, around Odon/Montgomery/Cannelburg (try going to Dinky's Sale Barn on a Friday night-let's just say it's an experience). And the newer community of Old Order Amish who moved to Parke County (north of Rockville, Ind) from Pennsylvania. Both communities are nice, hard-working folks (and good carpenters). Good horse and horse-drawn equipment sales twice a year at Dinky's.

there are also amish communities around Rushville and Loogootee, Indiana.

Mel-

NNY has alot of Amish, Norfolk is one town, North Lawrence, Dekaulb, Heuvotin, to mention just a few. Most are good people. Some want more to do with "English" some want little to do with us.

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Raising Saanen Dairy Goats , Icelandic Sheep , German Shepherds ,Registered Jersey cows , LGD

Hi I am new to forum and just wanted to say that without the Amish lumber mill here in northern Michigan where I live I wouldnt have a wonderful stalls for my horses. They are a great community to work with and have work for you. My experience with them was just wonderful. I plan on looking for a Amish ferrier of course I will have to pick him up and take him back home but that is what alot of people do here, they nicely merged into the farm folk society here. Of should I say we merged nicely into thier society. Either way it is nice to work with them. I dont think land prices have a thing to do with the Amish Societies and land will go up regarless of where you live, Unless its in a big metropolitan area.
Annie

Once to twice a year I got to the town Yoder, KS which is an Amish and Menonite town. I love the food and suplizes I can pick up there. And the Carriage Crossing Resterant is DIVIN!!!

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Gothic Homesteader

"Riches I heed not, nor mans empty praise, Thou my inheiritance now and always!" ~ Be Thou My Vision

There are some moving into Jefferson County, NY, as well. They've bought a few farms up around LaFargeville and have torn all the electric and most of the plumbing out. If you want to sell your place and there is a year round spring on it I guess you have it made!

I passed my first Amish buggy not long ago in a town near me.

From what I've heard, they can be very friendly people, but I don't think they necessarily want you to join them. You might become plain folk, but you'll always be "English" to them.

Wasn't there someone on here a few years ago who was going to go into one of their communities? I often wonder how things turned out for her.

Jennifer

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Are there any Amish or Mennonite communities in North Carolina?

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We live close to shipshewana and we have amish that live on our road, amish built our house,( they are no better ,or worse than us) I have a good friend who is amish, but she is a little bold for amish, she is a boss at the sewing factory where she works ,lives in her own home,next to her family,has indoor plumbing and a freezer in the basement,all with out electricity.She pulled into a car wash to wash her buggy and her mom was embarrased,what will the neighbors think! Sipshewana is a place to avoid in the summer , cant hardly move through town ,tourists.And the livestock auction is a mess in the summer ,hard to get in and find a place to park. But the amish are basically good people.

One way that we were able to find out where Amish/Mennonite communities were located was to subscribe to The Budget. It's a very interesting paper. On the left side of the front page it lists locations throughout the US and world where there are communities that submit weekly updates about what's going on locally. If you are interested in the Amish or Mennonites, I'd highly recommend subscribing.

The contact info for The Budget is:

Sugarcreek Budget Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 249
134 North Factory Street
Sugarcreek, OH 44681

Phone: 330-852-4634
Fax: 330-852-4421

There are 2 editions that are published: one for the Sugarcreek area and one that's national. You'll probably want the national one.