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Geographically the area referred to as Amish / Dutch country centers around the cities of Allentown, Hershey, Lancaster, Reading, and York.

Pennsylvania Dutch Country encompasses the counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, Adams, Franklin, Dauphin, Lebanon, Berks, Montgomery, Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union, Juniata, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Northumberland, and Centre.

Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants would spread from this area outwards outside the Pennsylvania borders between the mountains along river valleys into neighboring Maryland ( Washington and Frederick counties ), West Virginia, Virginia ( Shenandoah Valley ), and North Carolina.

The larger region has been historically referred to as Greater Pennsylvania.

The historic Pennsylvania Dutch diaspora in Ontario, Canada has been referred to as Little Pennsylvania.