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)

Examples of company town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To date, SpaceX has launched the rocket 12 times since 2023 from Starbase, its headquarters in South Texas that now doubles as a company town following a May 2025 vote in Cameron County. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Losing the mill would devastate the half-million residents for whom the Gary area still feels like a company town. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Starpipe, which will end at SpaceX’s Texas company town of Starbase, is ‌expected to be in service by next January. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shortly before the opening of Nasdaq trading on Friday, Elon Musk stepped in front of a cheerful crowd at SpaceX’s company town in Texas. — Jordan Novet,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for company town

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