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Rugby was named after Thomas Hughes' college in England, which was originally intended to be an agricultural community for younger sons of English gentry without regard to class. The fact that enough people remained to ensure Historic Rugby survival despite the fact that the majority of colonists left by 1900 is one of its best features. Historic Rugby began in 1880 and reached its zenith in the middle of that decade, when approximately 300 people resided in the colony. On East Tennessee's stunning Cumberland Plateau, more than sixty Victorian-style buildings adorned the townscape. Hughes initially envisioned this community as a cooperative enterprise with a Christian culture and lifestyle devoid of Britain's rigid class distinctions. Hughes' concern for the younger sons of landed British families inspired the concept for the colony. Primogeniture means that the oldest son usually gets everything, so the younger sons only have a few socially acceptable jobs in England or the empire.