Temperance Towns
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Temperance Towns were settlements planned, financed, and populated by followers of the temperance movement
of the late 19th century.
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
of the late 19th century.
- Prohibition ParkProhibition ParkProhibition Park was a temperance town used as a summer colony on Staten Island....
, New York (Staten IslandStaten IslandStaten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
), began as a summer colony for temperance followers in Manhattan and was financed by New York businessmen - Vineland, New JerseyVineland, New JerseyVineland is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 60,724...
, was founded by Charles Kline Landis (1833–1900), a land developer from Philadelphia - Harriman, TennesseeHarriman, TennesseeHarriman is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, primarily in Roane County, with a small extension into Morgan County. It is the principal city of and is included in the Harriman Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Roane County and is a component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La...
, was a land development founded by General Clinton B. Fisk (1828–1890), the Prohibition partyProhibition PartyThe Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States best known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest existing third party in the US. The party was an integral part of the temperance movement...
presidential candidate in 1888 (Furnas 1965, 324–326) - Palo Alto, CaliforniaPalo Alto, CaliforniaPalo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
, was a temperance town begun by Mrs. Leland StanfordJane StanfordJane Stanford was the co-founder of Stanford University with her husband, Leland Stanford, whom she wed in 1850. She was the daughter of a shopkeeper and lived on Washington Avenue in Albany, New York, before her marriage...
(1828–1905) - Demorest, GeorgiaDemorest, GeorgiaDemorest is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,465 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Demorest is located at ....
, was advertised in the Union Signal as a "city of refuge" from the problems of urban life. - Temperance, MichiganTemperance, MichiganTemperance is an unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes. The population was 7,757 at the 2000 census...
, was named by two of its earliest settlers, Lewis and Martha Ansted. The Ansteds wrote restrictions into the deeds for all of the property they owned, specifying that alcohol could never be sold there. Other early settlers followed their lead. The restrictions lasted about 100 years, then were repealed on the initiative of a local businesswoman. - Greeley, ColoradoGreeley, ColoradoThe City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...
- Harvey, IllinoisHarvey, IllinoisHarvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 30,000 at the 2000 census.Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the...
, was founded in 1891 by Christian leader Turlington W. Harvey - Temperance Town, CardiffTemperance Town, CardiffTemperance Town, Cardiff, was the unofficial name for a working-class inner-city suburb established on reclaimed land next to the River Taff. The land was owned by Colonel Edward Wood, a teetotaller, who imposed a condition on the developer that the sale of alcohol would be not be allowed - hence...
, Wales, a suburb near the centre of Cardiff built in the early 1860s and demolished in 1937-38.