Amish Community, Restaurants and Shopping

The Chouteau rural area is home to the largest Amish community in Oklahoma and a variety of Amish owned restaurants, bakeries, furniture and other stores are located in town.   Thousands of tourists visit Chouteau each year to experience this unique and friendly culture, eat at the Amish restaurants and shop various Amish goods and furniture available.  Every day, you will find Amish driving their tractors on the road on their way to work or going about their day-to-day activities.  On Sundays and other special occasions, you will see Amish black buggies pulled by horses.  Chouteau hosts an annual Chouteau Black Buggy Day which celebrates the Amish culture and is open to everyone. 

History of the Amish in the Chouteau - Mazie communities

Most early Amish settled in Oklahoma during the time of the Oklahoma Land Runs in the late 1800s with new Amish settlements created in the Eastern side of the state. Shortly after the establishment of a settlement in Mazie, OK around 1910, an epidemic forced the small Amish community to uproot and move north to Chouteau. Since settling into the Chouteau area, this eastern Oklahoma Amish community has thrived, growing over the last century to four church districts with around 600 people.