Oneida Community

Religious commune in Oneida, New York (1848–1881) Intentional community in New York, United StatesOneida CommunityIntentional communityAn aerial view of Oneida's home buildingsInteractive map of Oneida CommunityCoordinates: 43°03′37″N 75°36′19″W / 43.060356°N 75.605175°W / 43.060356; -75.605175CountryUnited StatesStateNew YorkCountyMadisonCountyOneidaEstablished1848FounderJohn Humphrey NoyesArea • Total160 acres (65 ha)Dissolved1881 The Oneida Community (/oʊˈnaɪdə/ oh-NYE-də) was a Christian perfectionist communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York. The community believed that Jesus had already returned in 70 AD, making it possible for them to bring about Jesus's millennial kingdom themselves, and be perfect and free of sin in this world, not just in Heaven, a belief called perfectionism. The Oneida Community practiced communalism – in the sense of communal property and possessions – group marriage, male sexual continence, Oneida stirpiculture (a form of eugenics), and mutual criticism. The community site originally covered more than 160 acres of land surrounding Oneida Creek in Madison County, Ne