Padanaram Settlement

Padanaram Settlement is an intentional community and unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Padanaram is located on nearly 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) in the wooded countryside of Martin County in southern Indiana.[1] Founded in 1966 by Daniel Wright, his wife Lois and a few friends, it has grown from 86 acres to its present size of 3000 acres. The community is located on 3000 acres of woods, farmland, and lakes. As of 2008, the population consists of around 70 adults and 70 children[2] who live in communal buildings with apartments or in individual homes. They also practice midwifery and home births.[3]

References

1. Sutton, Robert P. (2003). Communal utopias and the American experience: religious communities, 1732-2000. Westport, Connecticut, United States: Praeger Publishers. pp. 164 and following. ISBN 0-275-97554-1.
2. Melton, J. Gordon (2009). Melton's encyclopedia of American religions (8th ed.). Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning. p. 681. ISBN 978-0-787-69696-2.
3. Kenning, Chris. "Utopia evolved: How Indiana commune survived". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

Further reading

• Chriss, Nicholas C. (March 29, 1971). "Financial Success Threatens Simple Life in Rural Commune. Its Success Threatens Commune's Simple Life". Los Angeles Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
• "Experiment In Communal Living Grows In Quiet Indiana Valley". Sarasota Journal. Sarasota, Florida. NANA. October 23, 1970. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
• Thom, James Alexander (March 1976). "Indiana's self-reliant uplanders" (PDF). National Geographic. Vol. 149, no. 3. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. pp. 359–362.

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