There was a commune in my home county in the late 1960’s. By the early 1980’s only about 20 people were left out of about 700 original inhabitants. Look up, “The Farm” in Summertown, Tennessee.
I haven’t heard much about “The Farm” for years.
Communal towns from the past.
Bethel,MO Aurora,OR, Amana Colony in Iowa. I seem to remember a town on the Indiana/Illinois border, but not the name of the town.