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Middlebury is a town in Elkhart County nestled in northern Indiana's Amish Country, sitting on the banks of the Little Elkhart River amid rolling hills and rural farmland.

Middlebury's first settlers arrived in 1832 from Middlebury, Vermont, choosing the site because its rolling hills reminded them of Vermont, and they gave the new settlement the Vermont town's name.

Middlebury Township was organized in 1834, and the town of Middlebury itself was incorporated in 1868.

The first Amish families came to the Middlebury area in 1841 from Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and Amish and Mennonite heritage still shapes daily life in and around the town.

The railroad reached Middlebury in 1888, diversifying the town's economy beyond farming into manufacturing.

Middlebury had 3,466 residents at the 2020 census, up from just 600 people in 1910, and the census counted 1,336 households in the town.

Middlebury's households run large by national standards — Census survey data puts the town at roughly three people per household, well above the U.S. average.

Middlebury is a major center of the recreational-vehicle industry: Grand Design, Winnebago, Jayco, and Coachmen RV all have production facilities in town, along with bus maker ARBOC Specialty Vehicles.

Culver Duck Farms in Middlebury is the second-largest white Pekin duck producer in the United States, shipping more than 70,000 ducks a week to customers worldwide.

Much of Middlebury's tourism revolves around Das Dutchman Essenhaus, the Amish-themed restaurant, inn, conference center, and shops that serve over 750,000 people every year; its dining room, with about 1,100 seats, is the largest family-style restaurant in Indiana.