Holmes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,223. Its county seat is Millersburg. The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organized the following year. It was named after Andrew Holmes, an officer killed in the War of 1812. Holmes County, which was about 42% Amish in 2010, has the highest concentration of Amish in the world, which draws many visitors to the county.
Nappanee is a city in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,648 at the 2010 census. The name Nappanee probably means "flour" in Algonquian. The town has several tourist attractions: Amish Acres, Nappanee Raceway, The Arts & Crafts Festival, and the Apple Festival.
The Barns at Nappanee, Home of Amish Acres, formerly known solely as Amish Acres, is a tourist attraction in Nappanee, Indiana, created from an eighty-acre (thirty-two-hectare) Old Order Amish farm. The farm was purchased in October 1968 at auction from the Manasses Kuhns’ estate. The farm was homesteaded by Moses Stahly in 1873. Moses was the son of pioneer Christian Stahly who emigrated from Germany with his widowed mother Barbara and three brothers to the southwest corner of Elkhart County in 1839; making them, perhaps, the earliest Amish settlers in Indiana.
Augspurger Schoolhouse is a historic building in Woodsdale, Ohio. The original building was a rectangular schoolhouse. On November 1, 1984 it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic resource, the "Augspurger Amish/Mennonite Settlement". As of 2016 the building had been demolished and the property left covered in detritus.
The Henry P. Deuscher House is a historic farmhouse in the countryside of the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the city of Trenton, it was originally home to one of the area's leading farmers, and it has been named a historic site.
Christian Iutzi Farm is a historic property near Trenton, Ohio.
John Kennel Sr. Farm was a registered historic building near Trenton, Ohio, listed in the National Register on 1984-08-03. It has since been torn down in the name of progress.
Mill Office and Post Office is a registered historic building in Woodsdale, Butler County, Ohio. It was used as department store and a US Post office from 1850 to 1874. It was listed in the National Register on November 1, 1984. The area is an Augspurger Amish and Mennonite settlement.
Churchtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 23. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Stark County, Ohio.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Ohio.
Long Green is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Until 1958, the community was served by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad at milepost 15.8. Prospect Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Portage County, Ohio.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Auglaize County, Ohio.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Highland County, Ohio.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland, Ohio.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dayton, Ohio.
The Holmes County Courthouse is a historic government building in Millersburg, Ohio, United States. Built in the late nineteenth century, it has been designated a historic site because of its architectural importance.
The Central Ohio Fire Museum is a firefighting museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The museum is housed in the former Engine House No. 16 of the Columbus Fire Department, built in 1908. It was listed on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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