Why Amish Families Are Buying Up Missouri

Missouri is only the seventh-largest Amish state in the country. So why has it started more new Amish settlements over the last decade than Pennsylvania, Ohio, or anywhere else? The answer is quietly redrawing the map of Amish America. Enjoyed this one? More deep dives into the Amish and the changing map of rural America here: / @amishfaithtoday This video maps where the Amish are really moving, and why: the cheapest farmland in the Corn Belt, some of the lightest zoning and building rules in the country, and a steady migration out of Lancaster, Ohio, and Indiana that keeps feeding itself. We walk the real Missouri Amish country, from the giant Swiss Amish settlement around Seymour to the tourist town of Jamesport, and ask the honest question: is Missouri actually becoming the new capital of Amish America, or just its fastest-growing frontier?