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For its entire existence, Buxton was an unincorporated
company town. Consolidation officials made decisions that either directly
or indirectly affected all facets of community life. The town was
both a planned community and a model community. This was typical of
a movement called “welfare capitalism” that existed in many
parts of the United States from 1880 to 1925. In this system, an industry
provided its workers with services and facilities designed to produce
a more satisfied work force, to stave off industrial unrest and unionism.
Consolidation superintendent Ben Buxton directly supervised the layout
of the community.
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