Amish Village | Bellefont
| Bloom | Bucklin
| Dodge City | Ford
| Howell |
Kingsdown | Lasker
Mexican Village | Spearville
| Windthorst | Wright
Homesteading in Ford County
Amish Village
Two different group of the Amish settled
in Ford County during the early 1900's. One group settled in the
southeast part near Bucklin and Ford. The other group settled
to the south and southwest of Dodge City.
On February 23, 1906, the first Amish
families in Ford County arrived to make their home in the area.
The community thrived and grew until 1914 or 1915 when their wheat
crops failed. Several families moved somewhere else, and when
a flu epidemic broke out in 1919 and 1920, more families left
to go back east. By 1928, the last remaining families had moved
and the Amish community by Dodge City was no longer in existence.
Sources
Ford County Historical Society.
Dodge City and Ford County, Kansas 1870-1920: Pioneer Histories
and Stories.
Dodge City, KS, 1996.
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