Boomtown
Community with sudden economic & population growth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about boomtowns in demography. For other uses, see Boomtown (disambiguation).
A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although the term can also be applied to communities growing very rapidly for different reasons, such as a proximity to a major metropolitan area, huge construction project, or attractive climate.