11Seneca Village
Seneca Village was a small community that was composed mostly of free black people. It was destroyed in the 1850s to make way for New York City’s Central Park.
12Nutbush City Limits
The real-life area of Nutbush, Tennessee, which was mentioned in Tina Turner’s song “Nutbush City Limits”, is an unincorporated community. It has no official boundaries and therefore there are no Nutbush city limits.
13Pinecraft Amish Snowboard Community
Pinecraft Amish Snowboard Community is a planned community near Sarasota, Florida where Amish and Mennonite families go for vacation.
14Ding Dong
Ding Dong, Texas was an unincorporated community founded in the 1930s that got its name from a sign that had "Ding" and "Dong" painted underneath two bells. In 2000, it had a population of 22.
15Oneida Community
The Oneida Silverware company started as a free love commune in upstate New York. The company was originally a religious commune that practiced selective breeding, encouraged postmenopausal women to sleep with teenage boys, and believed Jesus returned in 70 A.D.
16Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a British island in the Atlantic that’s located 2400 km away from the nearest continent. The island is a commune, where all land is communally owned and cattle numbers are restricted to discourage wealth accumulation.
17Freetown Christiania
There exists an anarchist commune in Denmark called Freetown Christiania where the only rules forbid stealing, violence, guns, knives, bulletproof vests, hard drugs, private cars, fireworks, and bikers' colors.
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18The Colts
“The Colts” are an Australian family who became the center of the worst cases of child abuse in Australia. The genes of this 40 member commune/family was traced back to a married brother and sister.
19Koinonia Partners
Koinonia Partners was an interracial Christian commune which was founded in Georgia in 1942. They later went on to establish ‘Habitat for Humanity.’
20Poole’s Land
There is a commune named Poole’s Land in British Columbia that allows you to live for free and pays you in psychedelic drugs.
