Description: Your Travel Planning Guide to Illinois Amish Country and the Arthur, IL area. Festivals, craft shows, food compeitions, antique shows, and more will help you make your trip to Arthur, IL and the Illinois Amish Country the perfect family getaway.
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Arthur, Illinois is a town of 2,200 residents located 10 miles west of Interstate 57 off exit 203 in East Central Illinois. The friendly, down-home atmosphere welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors every year and helps to back up the town motto, "You're a stranger only once." Arthur is in the Heart of Illinois Amish Country, with more than 1,000 Amish families living in the countryside around Arthur.
Arthur's surrounding Amish settlement, was established in 1865 by a handful of families, and has grown to over 4,500 m embers. The Amish farm the rich land of the Arthur area with teams of six to eight horses, and operate numerous "country shops." The horse-drawn, black Amish buggies are a common sight around Arthur and Amish country.