Town where stores and housing are owned by one company that is the main employer
For the 2016 documentary film, see Company Town (film).
The town of Siedlung Eisenheim in Oberhausen, Germany
A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, houses of worship, schools, markets and recreation facilities.
Some company towns have had high ideals, but many have been regarded as controlling and/or exploitative.[1] Others developed more or less in unplanned fashion, such as Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, United States, one of the oldest, which began as a Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company mining camp and mine site nine miles (14.5 km) from the nearest outside road.
^Seager, Allen (February 6, 2006). "Company Towns". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
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