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New Harmony

American  

noun

  1. a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.


New Harmony British  

noun

  1. a village in SW Indiana, on the Wabash River: scene of two experimental cooperative communities, the first founded in 1815 by George Rapp, a German religious leader, and the second by Robert Owen in 1825

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He cited a church in New Harmony, Indiana, that successfully raised $50,000 from its neighbors to pay off its mortgage.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2023

Before she dies, she curses New Harmony: Until she is avenged and buried, the town will suffer.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

The boy fell through the ice in the town of New Harmony, in southwestern Utah.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2017

In 1815, the group sold its Pennsylvanian holdings and moved to Indiana, establishing New Harmony on a twenty-thousand-acre plot along the Wabash River.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

It’s dark by the time I stop in downtown New Harmony, with its brightly painted buildings, and ask everyone I can find about where the houses have gone.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven