boomtown

noun

boom·​town ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n 

: a town enjoying a business and population boom

Examples of boomtown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of them, like Kirwin—a former gold and silver boomtown deep in the Absaroka Mountains—are impossibly isolated, accessible only by ATV. — Téa Obreht, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Texas was booming with boomtowns—Houston, say, where a hop, skip, and twenty or so miles got one to Cypress, a fountain not of oil but of hot springs. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

San Francisco was transformed almost overnight, from a quiet port into a chaotic boomtown packed with tents, saloons, stores and speculation. — Andre Byik, USA Today, 29 June 2026

With all that activity, small-time Helsinki took off, becoming a boomtown in support of the grand strategic fort. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boomtown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown

Kids Definition

boomtown

noun

boom·​town ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n 

: a town experiencing a sudden growth in business and population