Amish Land Ownership within Wisconsin

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ID4489383
AuthorsJohn A Cro (0009-0007-3372-7862, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume115
Issue3
Pages370-392
Publication date2025-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00167428.2024.2376846
OpenAlexW4401077578
LanguageEN
References cited27

Rapid growth of Amish settlement within Wisconsin over the past 60 years has brought 200,000 acres of land under Amish ownership. This paper studies patterns of Amish landownership within 27 settlements, representing 71 percent of Wisconsin's Amish church districts, and illustrates differing average land ownership per household and degrees of land dispersal and concentration among the settlements. Average household land ownership ranged from 27.7 to 86.6 acres among the studied Old Order Amish settlements. Most Amish owned lands are dispersed among lands that remain under "English" ownership. Older and larger settlements display greater concentrations of Amish owned lands, whether measured by maximum acreage per survey section within the settlement, average owned acreage per section, and presence or absence of non-contiguous sections of Amish owned lands. Amish church affiliation, origins of Amish within the settlements, and types of occupational engagement also appear related to these differences. Keywords: agriculture, Amish, landownership, Old Orders, Wisconsin

Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Geography · Human settlement · Land tenure · Land use · Settlement (finance · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agriculture and Farm Safety · American Literature and Culture · Ecology · Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

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