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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0939 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: New Harmony (Owenite community) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Owen bought Harmony and about 20,000 acres from the Harmony Society in January 1825 for a reported $150,000 (some sources give $125,000), and by the end of the experiment had spent about $200,000 of his own money on property and debts before transferring the property to his sons for an annuity.”

Context. Purchase price and acreage differ between sources.

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Backwoods Utopias: The Sectarian and Owenite Phases of Communitarian Socialism in America, 1663–1829

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