Amish and Mennonite Country

Pittsburgh Region - Pennsylvania - Ohio - Indiana - Canada

Pittsburgh Region

Lawrence County: New Wilmington and Volant
Located one hour north of Pittsburgh, the Old Order Amish community of approximately 1,500 people lives in farms that surround the quaint villages of New Wilmington and Volant in the northern section of the county.

Smicksburg and Dayton
http://www.smicksburg-dayton.com/
These two communities in nearby Indiana County (northeast of Pittsburgh) are home to 289 Old Order Amish families. As you drive through the area, you will see some small Amish-owned shops that offer things such as shoe repair, bulk foods, home-baked goods, wood crafts, etc. Remember that they are not open on Sundays.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Dutch Country
http://www.padutchcountry.com/
Loads of information about visiting Lancaster County from the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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Ohio

The Ohio Amish area west of New Philadelphia can be explored in a long day trip or more leisurely over a weekend. Very good for cheese and bulk food stores. Also for bricks.

Amish Heartland
West of New Philadelphia in the counties of Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties.

Holmes County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau
http://www.holmescountychamber.com/
Includes a section on "visiting our county" with an "Official Visitors Guide to the Center of Ohio's Amish Country". Includes a list of cheese manufacturers and furniture makers.

Lehman's Hardware and Appliance Store
Offering a "non-electric" catalog of appliances for the Amish, Lehman's has a retail store in Kidron, Ohio, north of Sugarcreek and south of Akron.

Tuscarawas County Convention & Visitor's Bureau
http://neohiotravel.com/
New Philadelphia, Ohio

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Indiana

Amish Country - Northern Indiana
The official website of the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau representing the communities of Elkhart, Bristol, Middlebury, Shipshewana, Goshen, Nappanee, and Wakarusa.

Goshen College
a four-year, liberal arts college owned by and operated as a ministry of the Mennonite Church

The Mennonites

LaGrange County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Shipshewana, Indiana

MennoHoff
A nonprofit organization that offers a non-commercial setting for Shipshewana visitors to learn accurate information about the faith and life of Mennonites and Amish in north-central Indiana, one of the world's largest Anabaptist communities.

Shipshewana Retail Merchant Association
Information on their flea market and auctions, places to eat and stay, shops.

Yoder Department Store
Offers fabric, shoes, hats, clothing, home and gardening goods in Shipshewana, Indiana.

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Canada

Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
http://www.mhsc.ca/