Ceresco

settlement, Ripon, Wisconsin, United States

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Ceresco was a communal settlement established in 1844 by followers of Charles Fourier, a French socialist philosopher. This settlement was located near present-day Ripon, Wisconsin. The community aimed to create an ideal society based on Fourier's principles.1

Ceresco was disbanded in 1851 and absorbed by the adjacent settlement of Ripon in 1853. Ripon, founded in 1849, later became significant as a site where members of the Democratic, Whig, and Free1

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…communal settlement there known as Ceresco (for Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture). It was disbanded in 1851 and absorbed in 1853 by the adjacent settlement of Ripon (founded 1849). The latter, named for Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, was incorporated in 1858 and became a stronghold of the abolition movement.…
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…communal settlement there known as Ceresco (for Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture). It was disbanded in 1851 and absorbed in 1853 by the adjacent settlement of Ripon (founded 1849). The latter, named for Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, was incorporated in 1858 and became a stronghold of the abolition movement.…
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