boomtown

noun

boom·​town ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n How to pronounce boomtown (audio)
: a town enjoying a business and population boom

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This week, a massive fire posed a threat to these new boomtowns. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The Bennett Scenic Journey continues to Bennett, British Columbia, once one of the Klondike Gold Rush’s busiest boomtowns. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for boomtown

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First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boomtown was in 1896

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boomtown

noun
boom·​town ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n How to pronounce boomtown (audio)
: a town experiencing a sudden growth in business and population
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