Arden, Delaware

[Pat McCotter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden%2C_Delaware
http://fic.ic.org/cmag/85/47.html

The passionate followers of Henry George tried to take over Delaware in the elections of 1896 in order to demonstrate the virtues of the Single Tax theory at the state level. Donning backpacks and uniforms displaying a symbol of the Earth, they campaigned vigorously, only to be severely trounced at the polls. In the aftermath of this electoral defeat, Stephens and Price decided to set up a demonstration project on a smaller scale. So they scrounged up enough money to buy an old farm north of Wilmington and laid out plans for the village of Arden.

[BillG]

Scott Nearing was involved in that, I believe.

well not quite but yes the back to the land movement along with Ralph Borsodi that I believe started the "School for Living"  whcih features a section on "geonomics"
and catholic distributists, southern agrarians, and bio-regionalists

http://www.s-o-l.org/geonomics.htm