Denomination·Founded 1747 CE·Three members at Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester, Maine, as of August 2025 — the only Shakers in the world. Membership at the peak in the 1840s is usually put between four and six thousand across eighteen or nineteen communities from Maine to Kentucky; the figures are estimates and the sources differ.
Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing)
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community — National Park ServiceArchiveHancock Shaker Village
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