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The '''Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation''' is the second largest Old Order [[Amish]] affiliation. It's origin and main settlement lies in [[Elkhart County, Indiana|Elkhart]] and [[LaGrange County, Indiana|LaGrange]] Counties in [[Indiana]]. It had 177 church districts in 2011.
The '''Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation''' is the second largest Old Order [[Amish]] affiliation and as such a [[subgroups of Amish|subgroup of Amish]]. Its origin and main settlement lie in [[Elkhart County, Indiana|Elkhart]] and [[LaGrange County, Indiana|LaGrange]] counties in [[Indiana]]. While the Amish of [[Holmes County, Ohio]], and adjacent counties split into several different affiliations in the last 100 years, the Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation remained united, but with a considerable internal diversity. The Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation had 177 church districts in 2011.


== History ==
== History ==
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== Practice and belief ==
== Practice and belief ==


The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation is quite liberal compared to other Amish affiliation concerning the use of technology. Regulations of the [[Ordnung]] may vary considerably from district to neighboring district as can be seen in the table below, where "some" (yellow) indicates non-uniform regulations:<ref>Amish Enterprise: Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt: ''Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits'',
The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation is quite liberal compared to other Amish affiliations concerning the use of technology. Regulations of the [[Ordnung]] may vary considerably from district to neighboring district as can be seen in the table below, where "some" (yellow) indicates non-uniform regulations:<ref>Amish Enterprise: Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt: ''Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits'', Baltimore MD, 2004, page 225.</ref>
Baltimore MD, 2004, page 225.</ref>


{{Amish technology comparison}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Affiliation !! Tractor for fieldwork !! Roto- tiller !! Power lawn mower !! Propane gas !! Bulk milk tank !! Mecha- nical milker !!Mecha- nical refri- gerator !! Pickup balers !! Inside flush toilet !! Running water bath tub !! Tractor for belt power !! Pneumatic tools !! Chain saw !! Pres- surized lamps !! Motorized washing machines
|-
| Percentage of use <br /> by all Amish|| style="text-align: center;" | 6 || style="text-align: center;" | 20 || style="text-align: center;" | 25 || style="text-align: center;" | 30 || style="text-align: center;" | 35 || style="text-align: center;" | 35 || style="text-align: center;" | 40 || style="text-align: center;" | 50 || style="text-align: center;" | 70 || style="text-align: center;" | 70 || style="text-align: center;" | 70 || style="text-align: center;" | 70 || style="text-align: center;" | 75 || style="text-align: center;" | 90 || style="text-align: center;" | 97
|-
| [[Swartzentruber Amish|Swartzentruber]] || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|-
| [[Adams County, Indiana|Swiss (Adams)]] || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some
|-
| [[Andy Weaver Amish|Andy Weaver/Dan]] || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No* || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|-
| [[Holmes Old Order Amish affiliation|Holmes Old Order]] || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No* || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|-
| '''Elkhart-LaGrange''' || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|-
| [[Lancaster Amish affiliation|Lancaster]] || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: orange; text-align: center;" | Some || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|-
| [[Nappanee|Nappanee, Indiana]] || style="background: red; text-align: center;" | No || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|-
| [[Kalona| Kalona, Iowa]] || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes || style="background: green; text-align: center;" | Yes
|}<ref>[http://amishamerica.com/amish-technology-friendliness/ "Amish Technology Use in Different Groups" at http://amishamerica.com]</ref> * Natural gas allowed


== Settlements and districts ==
== Settlements and districts ==


In 2011 the Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation was present in 3 states in 9 settlements with 177 church districts, forming the second largest Amish affiliation.<ref>Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Steven M. Nolt: ''The Amish'', Baltimore 2013, page 139.</ref> It represents about 7 percent of the Old Oder Amish population, that is about 20,000 people out of about 300,000 in 2015. It is the most geographically concentrated of all other Amish affiliations.
In 2011 the Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation was present in 3 states in 9 settlements with 177 church districts, forming the second largest Amish affiliation.<ref>Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Steven M. Nolt: ''The Amish'', Baltimore 2013, page 139.</ref> It represents about 7 percent of the Old Order Amish population, that is about 20,000 people out of about 300,000 in 2015. It is the most geographically concentrated of the larger Amish affiliations.


== References ==
== References ==
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* Charles Hurst and David McConnell: ''An Amish Paradox. Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community'', Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2010.
* Charles Hurst and David McConnell: ''An Amish Paradox. Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community'', Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2010 {{ISBN|9780801893988}}
* Steven Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers: ''Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities'', Baltimore MD 2007.
* Steven Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers: ''Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities'', Baltimore MD 2007. {{ISBN|9780801886058}}
* Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt: ''An Amish Patchwork: Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World''. Bloomington, IN et al. 2005. {{ISBN|9780253345387}}
* Donald B. Kraybill: ''The Riddle of Amish Culture'', Baltimore MD 2001.
* Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt: ''The Amish'', Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2013.
* Donald B. Kraybill: ''The Riddle of Amish Culture'', Baltimore MD 2001. {{ISBN|9780801867712}}
* Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt: ''The Amish'', [[Johns Hopkins University Press]], Baltimore MD 2013. {{ISBN|9781421425665}}


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Latest revision as of 12:50, 25 April 2022

The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation is the second largest Old Order Amish affiliation and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and main settlement lie in Elkhart and LaGrange counties in Indiana. While the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, and adjacent counties split into several different affiliations in the last 100 years, the Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation remained united, but with a considerable internal diversity. The Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation had 177 church districts in 2011.

History

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The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish settlement was founded in 1841.

Practice and belief

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The Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation is quite liberal compared to other Amish affiliations concerning the use of technology. Regulations of the Ordnung may vary considerably from district to neighboring district as can be seen in the table below, where "some" (yellow) indicates non-uniform regulations:[1]

Affiliation[2] Tractor for fieldwork Roto-tiller Power lawn mower Propane gas Bulk milk tank Mechanical milker Mechanical refrigerator Pickup balers Inside flush toilet Running water bath tub Tractor for belt power Pneumatic tools Chain saw Pressurized lamps Motorized washing machines
Swartzentruber No No No No No No No No No No No Some No No Yes
Nebraska No No No No No No No Some No No No No Some No Yes
Swiss (Adams) No No Some No No No No No Some No No Some Some Some Some
Buchanan/Medford No No No No No No No No No No No Some No Yes Yes
Danner No No No Some No No Some No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
Geauga I No No No No No No No Some Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Holmes Old Order No Some Some No No No Some Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Elkhart-LaGrange No Some Some Some Some Some Some Some Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lancaster No No Some Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nappanee No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kalona Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Percentage of use by all Amish 6 20 25 30 35 35 40 50 70 70 70 70 75 90 97

Settlements and districts

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In 2011 the Elkhart-LaGrange affiliation was present in 3 states in 9 settlements with 177 church districts, forming the second largest Amish affiliation.[3] It represents about 7 percent of the Old Order Amish population, that is about 20,000 people out of about 300,000 in 2015. It is the most geographically concentrated of the larger Amish affiliations.

References

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  1. ^ Amish Enterprise: Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt: Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits, Baltimore MD, 2004, page 225.
  2. ^ Wesner, Erik (2007-04-19). "Amish Technology Use in Different Groups". Amish America.
  3. ^ Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Steven M. Nolt: The Amish, Baltimore 2013, page 139.

Literature

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  • Charles Hurst and David McConnell: An Amish Paradox. Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2010 ISBN 9780801893988
  • Steven Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers: Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities, Baltimore MD 2007. ISBN 9780801886058
  • Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt: An Amish Patchwork: Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World. Bloomington, IN et al. 2005. ISBN 9780253345387
  • Donald B. Kraybill: The Riddle of Amish Culture, Baltimore MD 2001. ISBN 9780801867712
  • Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt: The Amish, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2013. ISBN 9781421425665
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