Amish in Maryland

[1] The town of Cecilton on Maryland's Eastern Shore is home to a small Amish community that was founded in 1999.

[2] Amish families moved to the area from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania because of increasing costs and the declining amount of farmland there.

The community has become associated with the New Order Amish, with electricity permitted inside of homes.

The community was founded by Amish from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but few settlers moved to the area because Maryland was a slave state at the time.

The community dwindled in size over time, with the last Amish person dying in 1953.

Amish horse and buggy warning signs in Cecilton , April 2018.
Horse and buggy parking lot for the Amish at County First Bank, Mechanicsville , July 2015.
Pennsylvania Dutch Market in Cockeysville , July 2015.
Gish's Furniture Amish Legacies, a store in Cockeysville that sells Amish-made furniture, July 2015.