The Amish in North Carolina (2 Communities) 

My mom and sister live about 1/2 mile from the Shiloh store and have known the local Amish residents for years. Mom always says "you can't ask for more caring and friendly folks than the Amish". It is so cool to watch the little ones go by on their buggies and every year at Christmas the Amish kids come stand in mom's porch (she's 89) and sing Christmas carols. I really enjoyed listening to your coverage on this group of fine people.

The Union Grove Amish are very decent people. They built my pole barn, metal building and fabricated my custom garden fencing material. Very efficient and functional people.

I LOVE the Amish Furniture store in Landrum South Carolina, near Tyron North Carolina. I live close by and they also have a Mennonite/Amish General Store near there. The owners are Super nice! Great experience! I am half Swiss German and I love it!

My grandparents and mother and father lived in Moyock,NC in the late 20's and early 30's. I have pictures of the hotel/schoolhouse plus other area photos. My grandfather ran a mint processing plant and I have some of the mint he processed. As you can image, it's quite old.

Great video Erik. I drove on I-77 from Charlotte to Elkins NC and saw a Amish guy with horse and buggy riding across the overpass bridge in Union Grove. Amazing Trip!

The furniture business at Union Grove is actually quite accessible and worth a visit. It’s around the corner from the general store.

I live about 5 minutes away from Ellenboro Amish people and they are very nice people. Could not meet any better people then the Amish people.

Hey Erik, just discovered your awesome channel! I visited an Amish community in Pennsylvania in 1990. I was sixteen at the time. And have been interested in the Amish since. I remember their homemade ice cream was delicious😁

I love going to Shiloh’s! Their sandwiches are wonderful and my husband is a wounded warrior and we make a point of stopping there on the way to and from his doctors appointments at the VA in STATESVILLE

Live in Shelby and Noah cuts our rough cut white oak for our fencing needs. Always have admired the Amish ways. I think they got a lot of things right.

I live about 5 miles from the Union Grove Amish. (Actually Buck Shoals community). The Amish store and deli is awesome. Love their food!

We lived in Union Grove just a few miles from Shiloh General Store for 20 years. We always took visiting family and friends there for those awesome sandwiches and shopping the isles of canned goods, bulk items and crafts. I always ordered our many Thanksgiving Pies from them each year since we had a huge number of family visiting over the 4 days. They were always so very good! Friendly inclusive folks that we were happy to call friends and neighbors. ❤️ We also enjoyed a huge Fish Fry fundraiser the Amish community sponsored. The food was amazing! Fried fish, potato salad, coleslaw, green beans, baked beans, pickles, rolls, pies, ice cream. So wonderful!

In Beulaville, NC there is the Cedar Fork Mennonite church. The have a general store nearby called the Country Barn.

I used to deliver newspapers over a wide area in Wisconsin. You could see the differences between the different communities instantly. Even in the most strict groups they would allow the corner telephone box. That meaning they would have a telephone installed in the corner of the property for emergencies.

I appreiate the neutral way you cover this subject. You don't talk it up or down just the basic info, ensights and facts. Thank you

Wow, I'm from Northern Spartanburg County, SC just about 30 minutes from Rutherford County. I never knew they had an Amish community.

Dear Erik, I enjoyed this video very, very much. As one who has been a student of the Old Order Amish/Old Order Mennonites for many years, I thank you for covering these two groups of Amish in just the right amount of detail. This was a perfect situation, since there are only two groups in the state, representative of the two ends of the spectrum of the Amish continuum. I hope you are motivated to do similar videos on groups in different states. I suggest you don’t try to cover too many groups in a single video, but, rather, divide the groups into twos or threes at most, allowing you to describe each group in considerable detail, just as you did so well for the the two groups in North Carolina. I was also very appreciative that you included descriptions of the settlements that didn’t thrive. Great work, Erik. Needless to say, I look forward to your future videos. Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Larry Clarence Lewis, Canada.

I live in Rutherford co. near Ellenboro. They are very polite and seem very wholesome.

This was very interesting. I know I said that was my cousin's store, (cousin and her husband) and that's true. But we (my parents and my siblings) used to live there for 2 years, from 1985 to 1987. (I was seven when we moved there). We moved there a little after they started. I have lots of memories from there. My husband and I went through there a few years ago, six or seven years ago or so, and we looked up our house. It was still there. It was quiet smaller them what I remembered, of course. 😊

Amish love the Cabellas in Garner NC. Seen them there several times now over the past few years. Typically in conjunction with holidays. Maybe sales driven. Cabellas still has a sales catalog that they mail. If there are only two communities in NC, then they drive a long way.

So interesting. Can’t wait to drive back to Tennessee and stop at all these places. Ty so much!

Since you mention shops in various communities, here is my January 5, 2023 experience. We traveled from Binghamton, NY to Morris, NY to visit Weaver's Amish Store. They do not accept debit or credit cards. And there was no ATM in this very rural community. So, call ahead if you plan to visit a bulk store or simply bring cash and/or your check book.

I love this place so much thy have the best sandwiches and homemade donuts

I live about 45 minutes from both towns and I had no idea that there were Amish communities. Great video!

Several years ago the state wanted the ethridge Amish buggies to have electric lights on them. They agreed to attach two pieces of PVC pipe with reflective tap on them on a left hand wheel. In the dark you see what looks like lights moving up and down.

I am one of those newbies who just found your videos. I was born in York, PA and still visit there as often as I can. Spent most of my life in Phoenix, AZ till we moved to Mooresville, NC in 1999. I knew there were Amish around but you sure have helped me locate where I want to shop for some goodies that I still miss from York and Lancaster, PA. Are you from PA? You do seem to have a bit of the local accent! Thanks - will be visiting Shiloh General Store very soon as it’s just up I-77 - nice drive!!!!!! Thanks.

I went to college at Gardner-Webb and needed to go home, took a different way because I was heading to Hickory then home, and was floored when I went past a buggy near Lawndale. I knew Amish lived in NC but never saw them lol

I now live in NC, not far from Ellenboro. I was hoping to hear that there was an Amish store there. I moved from DE where we had one very similar to the Shiloh General Store. I really miss it. I went to one in SC and was very disappointed in what they had to offer.

Keep the videos coming !! thanks!

Come from Union Grove, very nice Amish who choose to mainly keep to themselves but don't isolate themselves. The general store they have is awesome and the they offer is top notch buildings! Great video! ❤️

Visited both the general store and the creamery back on the 18th of August. We had dropped off our daughter at Appalachian State University to begin her freshman year and, decided to visit the general store on the way home to South Carolina. Both businesses were were great. Whoopie pies and ice cream was the order of the day. As a bonus, caught the tanker from the local fire company responding on a call.👍🇺🇸

Your videos are so very interesting. How much do the different communities communicate with each other? Do they have awareness of how different they are from each other? Do members ever decide a different community is a better place and move?

The former community thee refers to as being in the Dismal Swamp was actually in Moyock, in the Pudding Ridge Road vicinity. As thee says, there are no traces of it left. Descendants of one of the families that was there are now members of a Mennonite church about 15 or 20 miles away, across the border in Virginia.

Thanks for sharing

Oh wow I always have seen the Amish stores when I go up to hickory. Great to learn more about the Amish people in the area.

Thank you ! I grew up in southern Ohio and there is Amish communities . Close to West Union . I now live close to a Mennonite community close to Crossville , Ohio . I always love visiting . Btw - you rock that mullet !

We have Mennonite in our area and friends 2 counties over have Amish there. Talking to the 2 different groups we were surprised when both related similar details of dealing with "bad people" in their communities. That serious problems were dealt with swiftly and within the communities.

Good info.🙂

My grandma Blanche (Loudy) Jones in northeast Tennessee nearby jonesborough area. She learned to make a very delicious friendship cake. I am pretty sure that her husband's mother zorapath reffie (droak) jones taught her the recipe to make those delicious cakes. It takes about a month of fermenting ingredients inside a huge glass jar before you can make the cakes. Man I loved those tasty cakes!

Great video,you rock

We have visited the Shiloh General Store for years, before 2017 it was located in the adjoining building, much simpler and quaint at the time with wooden shelves and looked much more like an Amish store on the inside. The business grew and grew necessitating a larger store. Now it seems the larger store is just barely able to do the job.

I would love it if you would do a separate video on two Amish educational attractions: The panorama called "Behalt" in Holmes County OH and "Mennohof" in Shipshewana IL. Open opportunities for visitors to these places. Thank you.

Great video!

Tennessee has an omish store near bulls gap or Mosheim located off of interstate 81 in-between tru cities and morristown,TN.

So interesting.

I'd really love to visit one of these communities, just to look around. Check out the stores for food preservation and how they do things. But not sure if I really want to drive the 2 to 3 hours to get to those areas.

Thanks

I have saw several Amish in Polkville near Stage coach trail, they did have the slow triangles on the rear of their buggies.

Thanks for this I live in nc!

I'm from N C and never knew there were Amish communities here

The yanceyville Amish store is still there I went there over the winter. It was a really nice store.

Just in case anyone wants to visit the first community you mentioned, it's actually in Hamptonville, NC.

I was quite surprised to learn there are Amish folk in ellenboro. Reason being, I live in Rutherford County. Just a couple Towns over from ellenboro. I've never seen a horse and buggy or traditionally dressed Amish person anywhere around here. I grew up in Southern Indiana and Kentucky, so I'm quite used to seeing Amish folk. Big surprise to me.

I have seen Amish also in Polkville, NC.

They also have fresh farm eggs

Shady Hollow Greenhouse is an Amish store that has very reasonable prices for plants. They are part of the Union Grove community. Located in Hamptonville, NC.

Well done good sir!

There is a group in Caswell County between Yanceyville and Milton, Northern part of the state.

I live in Chatham Virginia. We once had a small Amish store here years ago but it’s gone now there is some more Amish still living here if it is something you are interested in. We are not to far away.

Hi man I love ur vids and I love the Amish life but I’ve got a question I went to yoders country market in Yanceyville Nc and I asked the guy if there are any amish around and he said yes he does get amish customers there everyonce in a while

I can attest to the fact that the ellenboro amish are friendly i live in ellenboro and i see these people on a daily basis and they will wave and speak when encountering people in the community

I live in NC and have never seen one. And if you see a sign saying Amish Furniture it's probably not!

My step daughter and her family has a Amish Community in TN. They were so shocked to see horse and buggy parking at the walmart.

My great grandfather was in a group in the nc or va area. He married an outsider, so, moved. I grew up with his youngest son, who was my grandfather.

I grew up in deep gap NC, in an isolated area up in the mountains. I would see a Mennonite church along the road we would take to Lenoir. I can't remember the name, but it wasn't far from my home. I drove by countless times, never saw anyone there, and don't remember seeing any Mennonite folks in town or in that area. Church seemed well maintained, and the hollers out in rural Watauga County would be perfect for Amish/Mennonite communities, but I don't remember ever seeing any sign of them around with the sole exception of that church. Any clue on what that's about? Maybe a retreat or extinct community? Most of my family comes from Guernsey and Muskingum counties, Ohio, so I was familiar with the various amish cultures. I remember being surprised to see a Mennonite church of all things in my rural Appalachian neighborhood. It's always made me wonder how it came to be.

I live near Shelby and there's an Amish guy that I bought lumber from. There's quite a few of them that live out there.

Wish I were a little closer than Atlanta. Have you visited Montezuma, GA, non-buggy, Beachy Amish, I think? My cousins live there and have annual BBQ and auction for school. I don't recall, but do you speak PA Deutsche? Do you sprechen or scwhetza?

My daughter just got back from Ark. visiting Amish friends we had made in Union Grove. Our channel has a couple of videos of our visits with them if anyone wants to see. Blessings

Coconut Oatmeal....... OMG!

Stokes County n.c, had Amish County community, what is there status?Great video.

Would you happen to know which one of these communities have a hardware/tackle shop? I think I came across another video mentioning that. Thanks for the video.

Gingerich is a name who existed, was present in Europe in a area who is now in France. Hans "der alte Gingerich" , the old Gingerich was able to write his name in the eighten century and a genealogist found his signature in the acts. He supposed also that he was a teacher and of course a farmer.

We went to the Shiloh store one Saturday. On the way we stopped to look at map. A lady in plain clothes was using a gasoline weed eater. Lol. I loved the store. We did see the horse drawn buggies. Food Is awesome

Im not a seeker, but an admirer of the Amish amd Memmonite people. I do a lot of cross stitch and have accumulated much 18:45 more patterns, thread and fabric than I can ever use. So i wonder if the community could use a donation of my excess supplies!

The Ellenboro Amish were our neighbors. We’ve since moved to SC over the line from NC. The Amish were good neighbors. Unfortunately several families bought a big tract of land right behind our farm and started a sawmill. Ran equipment all day to process the wood. Pretty much ruined our beautiful farm with noise and a mountain of sawdust where previously we had woods. Oh well, we couldn’t afford to buy the land so couldn’t stop it. Sold it to some people that were thrilled with having the Amish in their community. But for the most part they were nice neighbors.

You have the most unusual way of pronouncing your O's. NC was a home to many of my ancestors. Wilkes County. It was a Kendall/Kindall great-Gpa of mine that married Sarah Foster and the next Kendall/Kindall generation great-Gpa (their son) that married Sarah "Polly" Dula that made the infamous Tom "Dooley" and his 3 girlfriends all first cousins. I like Union Grove. I've gotta be close to a dairy and FINALLY a community that's in a tolerable planting zone!!....not interested in Florida. And I need to find a community that's used to buggy traffic.

Is there any buildings or houses left in these towns? Did they jst leave or did they sell everything???

Can the Amish connect to power if someone is dependent upon a medical device for a health condition? Such as a CPAP machine or oxygen?

There are a couple of small Amish communities not mentioned, of a few settlers if you will, near Wilkesboro, Yadkin, and Surry counties known as mennonites locally but in their own lingo they are Amish, sometimes known as "Beachy Amish". The local community loves them. There's a couple furniture and "country stores" operated by them near to me that are pretty successful. We love them here and would prefer more Amish migrants and less Yankees from NY and NJ lol They stay almost completely off the radar except for their businesses and if you happen to be a neighbor. Good people though.

I think there’s some Amish that live near Beulaville NC closer to the coast. There’s some Amish businesses in that area.

A group of hard working people. I live in Rutherford Co and have seen them in local businesses. My only pause is when you see the buggy going down a 4 lane divided highway. You fear for their safety when you see this.

I've been to the Shiloh store. Done tree work around the area

Hmm...never knew we had any Amish Community here...

I’m from NC myself. I know in King, next to a Bible book store, there is an Amish furniture store. I might be wrong, but I think it’s mostly outdoor furniture. Do you know anything about that?

There was an Amish group near my parents in NC and I remember that a drunk driver hit a family in a buggy

I wish the Amish had moved into Orange county ny. We use to be bucolic. Now the Hasidics have taken,over. Thet cut down the trees,build on the farmland and build high rise buildings that defy local building codes. This brings in massive populations causing rise in pollution and resource issues. The Amish live differently but this does not cause communities to go from farmland to a land now covered with cemwnt and pavement. So sad

Does this New Order community have home church or do they have a church building? A New Order community I know here in Wisconsin has a church building.

Yoder's, my parents used to get goat cheese and oatmeal from them.

I live in western S.C. I fool with horses and mules. A friend of mine takes his horses to a Amish man in Rutherfordton to be shod. Quite a distance but he does a good job and at about half price. Enjoyed your video.

I enjoyed your show I don't know much about the Amish but in Mint Hill North Carolina and in Unionville North Carolina there's a group called The True lights they're not Amish but they seem to be more what we used to call Primitive Baptist but they used to not have TVs radios but things are slowly changing as the elders die out and a good last name would be McGee and also character and it's a bunch of other names too like York and all that all right good luck maybe it's helpful maybe not

There is a community in Beulaville N C. In Duplin county

I'm in Cleveland county, NC. They are in a town called Polkville.

I grew up on a farm in the coastal area of NC. Still live in the coastal area. What part of NC are you from? In one of your videos you mentioned a catalog Amish used to order from. Think it started with a S. Do you recall the name of the catalog?

as someone in europe who does smallscale farming where heavy mechanization doesnt really make sense as an investment, is there a way to purchase certain agricultural tools that the amish use?

I'm looking for black berry preserves with seeds, that is preserves with seeds not jam that has no seeds. The Amish maybe the only one that still make it. How do I find out?

Ah 'Liberal Ordinan', which is a line from a movie that my husband and I have kept going through our 27 year marriage.

Ellenboro North Carolina is a A little Amish community I have many friends there I live in Sunshine about 5 miles away

People they are just people. They have phones, work, play and learn just like you. They fuss , argue and laugh, play just like you.

These phone shanties have an outhouse look to them are they duel purpose

My parents moved to Union Grove in 1990 I live there for one year before I moved and got a car