Nashoba in Germantown, Tennessee

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Nashoba

Germantown, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 5' 41.555436", -89° 49' 19.10442"

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Historical Marker

Here, in 1827, a Scottish spinster heiress named Frances Wright set up a colony whose aims were the enforcement of cooperative living and other advanced sociological experiments. It failed in 1830. The plantation extended from this site to north of the Wolf River.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00

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