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Alphadelphia Association was a Fourierist commune established near Galesburg, Michigan , in Comstock township , Kalamazoo County , Michigan , in 1844. A German, Dr. H. R. Schetterly, was the leader. Three thousand acres (12 km ² ) of land were purchased, and a large mansion was built. At one time probably 300 members were admitted. The common property was valued at $43,897.21 in 1846. It was disbanded in 1848. ^[1]

Two of the primary founders were the Rev. Richard Thornton, and the Rev. James Billings, both Universalist preachers. They published the Association's paper, the Alphadelphia Tocsin, from 1844 to 1846. ^[1]

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