Student Authors
Brian Lonabocker '15, Gettysburg College
Megan Zagorski '16, Gettysburg College
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2015
Department 1
Environmental Studies
Abstract
This technical note demonstrates the value of using online mapping tools as a method of geolocating Amish settlements. Primarily using freely available Bing and Google maps and published lists of the addresses of Amish ministers, we geolocated 1,362 Amish households in Ohio and 1,203 in Pennsylvania, representing about 10% of Amish households in those states. From these data we were able to derive a population density map of the Amish across Ohio and Pennsylvania. We caution that our map is merely a model and based on several assumptions, but the product is a finer resolution map of Amish distribution than has previously been published. We add that the locations of Amish schools provide another promising avenue for geolocation of Amish settlements, but we were not able to locate sufficiently comprehensive lists to include them in our analysis.
Copyright Note
This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Andrew M., Brian Lonabocker, and Megan Zagorski. "Online mapping tools for Geolocating Amish settlements." Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 3.2 (2015): 202-211.
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/75352