company town

noun

: a community that is dependent on one firm for all or most of the necessary services or functions of town life (such as employment, housing, and stores)

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Just as MrBeast has turned Greenville, North Carolina, into a veritable company town, Deon wants to turn Birmingham into a true production hub. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025 Musk, in delivering public updates in May in front of employees at Starbase – SpaceX's headquarters and company town in South Texas – indicated that Version 3 could be around 408 feet tall when fully stacked. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Many company towns included theaters, offered films and music, and even built churches and paid pastors’ salaries. The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025 The cafeteria, complete with two huge screens for viewing events including company town halls or major streaming competitions. Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for company town

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of company town was in 1927

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“Company town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/company%20town. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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