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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Situated on Lake Michigan about 30 miles southeast of Chicago’s Loop neighborhood, Gary was founded as a company town in 1906 and named for U.S. Steel Chairman Elbert Henry Gary. —

Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025 Under construction since the late 2010s, Starbase is a company town being built about 23 miles from Brownsville in South Texas. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024 Where is Starbase, Texas? Starbase, a company town being built near Brownsville in South Texas, currently houses a landing pad, launch facility, launch control center and tracking station for SpaceX. —

Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024 Yet, it’s also become a company town predicated on rehab. —

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