List of company towns in the United States

This is a list of company towns in the United States.

Towns listed in bold are still considered company towns today; other entries are former company towns. See the :Category:Company towns in the United States for an unannotated list of articles.

Listed by state

Alabama

Acipco, Alabama, formerly owned by American Cast Iron Pipe Company Aldrich, Alabama, formerly owned by Montevallo Coal Mining Company Bayview, Alabama, formerly owned by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. Bemiston, Alabama, formerly owned by the Bemis Brothers Bag Company Chickasaw, Alabama, formerly owned by Gulf Shipbuilding CorporationMarsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946). Docena, Alabama, formerly owned by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. Edgewater, Alabama, formerly owned by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. Fairfield, Alabama, (1910) originally "Corey", formerly owned by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. Kaulton, Alabama, owned by Kaul Lumber Co. Margaret, Alabama established by Alabama Fuel and Iron Company West Blocton, Alabama, formerly owned by Cahaba Coal Mining Company Woodward, Alabama, formerly owned by Woodward Iron Company, later acquired by US Steel

Arizona

Ajo, Arizona, owned by Phelps Dodge Bagdad, Arizona, owned by Freeport McMoRan (formerly Phelps Dodge) Clarkdale, Arizona, built, named for, and formerly owned by Senator William A. Clark's United Verde Copper Company Goodyear, Arizona, founded by and named after the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Kearny, Arizona, built by Kennecott Mining Company in 1958 Litchfield Park, Arizona, built by and named after Goodyear CEO Paul W. Litchfield Morenci, Arizona, owned by Freeport McMoRan (formerly Phelps Dodge) San Manuel, Arizona, built for Magma Copper (later BHP)

Arkansas Bauxite, Arkansas, operated as a company town based on the aluminum industry until Alcoa ceased services in 1969. Blakely, Arkansas, founded by Dierks Lumber and Coal Company Bonanza, Arkansas, structured into a company town by Central Coal & Coke Company Burdette, Arkansas, established by the Three States Lumber Company in the early 1900s Crossett, Arkansas, constructed by Crossett Lumber Company Forester, Arkansas, founded in 1930 as a sawmill company town owned by Caddo River Lumber Company Graysonia, Arkansas, built by the Arkadelphia Lumber Company then incorporated with elected town officials to form a "company owned town". Huttig, Arkansas, built by the Frost-Johnson Timber Company Mountain Pine, Arkansas, founded by Dierks Lumber and Coal Company Okay, Arkansas, founded by Ideal Cement Company, which produced the OK brand. Trumann, Arkansas, developed by Poinsett Lumber Company, later to become the Singer Company, from decades of short-term lumber villages and camps. Wilson, Arkansas, started by The Wilson Company, initially a lumber company before transitioning to farming the cleared land.

California

Betteravia, California, built by Union Sugar Company Boron, California, originally built by Pacific Coast Borax Company (now Rio Tinto Borax Mine) Chester, California, associated with The Collins Companies Cowell, California, built by Cowell Portland Cement Crannell, California, built by Little River Redwood CompanyCarranco, Redwood Lumber, pp. 163, 166 & 202 Eagle Mountain, California, built by Kaiser Steel Fort Bragg, California, is a decommissioned United States Army post with residential development and California Western Railroad service overseen by the Union Lumber Company, later Georgia-Pacific Graeagle, California, owned by Fruit Growers Supply Company, an affiliate of Sunkist Guasti, California, established by the Italian Vineyard Company Hercules, California, built by the Hercules Powder Company Hilt, California, owned by Northern California Lumber Co., then purchased by the Fruit Growers Supply Company, an affiliate of Sunkist Irvine, California, built by The Irvine Company and incorporated in 1971; the largest planned community in the world, but technically not a company town. Kirkwood, California, Owned by Vail Resorts Korbel, Humboldt County, California, built by Humboldt Lumber Mill CompanyCarranco, Redwood Lumber, pp. 200–203 McCloud, California, built by McCloud River Railroad Lumber Company. Metropolitan, California, built by Metropolitan Redwood Lumber CompanyCarranco, Redwood Lumber, p. 203 Nipton, California, owned by Spiegelworld Nortonville, California, owned by the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company Pino Grande, California, built by El Dorado Lumber Company Rockport, California, built by Cottoneva Lumber Company Ryan, California, built by the Pacific Coast Borax Company Samoa, California, built by Vance Lumber CompanyCarranco, Redwood Lumber, p. 145 Scotia, California, largely owned by the Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO) Selby, California, owned by American Smelting and Refining Company. Spreckels, California, formerly owned by Spreckels Sugar Company Tormey, California, owned by American Smelting and Refining Company. Trona, California, formerly owned by American Potash and Chemical Usal, California, built by Usal Redwood Company Weed, California, named for sawmill owner Abner Weed Westwood, California, built by the Red River Lumber Company, sold in 1944 to Fruit Growers Supply Company, an affiliate of Sunkist Wheeler, California, built by lumber company

Colorado

Climax, Colorado, built by the Climax Molybdenum Company, The residential houses were all transported to the West Park subdivision of Leadville, Colorado, before 1965, leaving only the mining buildings standing. Durango, Colorado, organized in 1880 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Gilman, Colorado, built around (and eventually abandoned due to) the New Jersey Zinc Company's Eagle mine Ludlow, Colorado, was dominated by Colorado Fuel and Iron Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, built by the Ideal Cement Company

Connecticut

Hazardville, Connecticut, industrial village centered around the Hazard Powder Company powder mill Collinsville, Connecticut, industrial village centered around the Collins Axe Company Manufacture of Machetes and Hand Axes

Florida

Lake Buena Vista, Bay Lake, and the Reedy Creek Improvement District located within Walt Disney World Resort, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company Ybor City, built by Vicente Martinez Ybor for his cigar manufacturing businesses; now one of Tampa's top night spots

Hawaii Paia, Hawaii, developed by the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Puʻunene, Hawaii, developed by the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Pahala, Hawaii, developed by C. Brewer & Company, later Ka'u Sugar Company, after consolidation with Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company in Na'alehu. Na'alehu, Hawaii, developed by Hutchinson Sugar Plantation In an effort spearheaded by Manager J. Beaty to "cityfy" the smaller plantation camps into one consolidated town.

Idaho

Cobalt, Idaho, owned by the Howe Sound Mining Company (see Holden Village, Washington) Conda, Idaho (Anaconda Copper Mining Co.) Elk River, Idaho Headquarters, Idaho (Potlatch Lumber Company) Leadore, Idaho Potlatch, Idaho (Potlatch Lumber Company)

Illinois

Granite City, Illinois, built by St. Louis Stamping Company, a steel company known for its "Granite ware" in which cooking utensils were made to look like granite Hegewisch, Chicago, founded by Adolph Hegewisch (President of the United States Rolling Stock Company) to emulate the company town of Pullman. Leclaire, Illinois, founded by N. O. Nelson (the owner of the Nelson Manufacturing Company) and named in honor of Edme-Jean Leclaire. Pullman, Chicago, once an independent city within Illinois, owned by the Pullman Sleeping Car Co. Naplate, built and formerly owned by the National Plate Glass Co. Steger, Illinois, built and formerly owned by Steger and Sons Piano.

Indiana

Aetna, built by the Aetna Powder Company Gary, Indiana, built and formerly owned by U.S. Steel Marktown, built for the Mark Manufacturing Company in East Chicago Sunnyside, built and formerly owned by Inland Steel in East Chicago

Iowa

Buxton, a camp of the Consolidation Coal Company, abandoned. Cleveland, a camp of the Whitebreast Coal and Mining Company, outside Lucas, abandoned. Everist, a camp of the Mammoth Vein Coal Company (later, the Empire Coal Company), abandoned. Muchakinock, a coal camp of the Consolidation Coal Company, abandoned. Newton, where the well-known Maytag company closed down in 2006. Numa and its abandoned suburb Martinstown, former home of the Numa Block Coal Company. Severs, south of Colfax camp of the Colfax Consolidated Coal Company, abandoned. Stone City, a town built by local limestone quarry businesses. Today an unincorporated community.

Kentucky

Barthell, built by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company in 1902. Benham, built and formerly owned by International Harvester. Blackey, built and formerly owned by Blackey Coal Company. Blue Heron, ghost town built by Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. David, built and formerly owned by Princess Elkhorn Coal Company. Fleming-Neon, built and formerly owned by Elkhorn Coal Corporation. Highsplint, built and formerly owned by High Splint Coal Company. Jenkins, built and formerly owned by Consolidation Coal Company. Lynch, built and formerly owned by U.S. Steel. Midway, built and laid out by Lexington and Ohio Railroad in 1830. Seco, built and formerly owned by South Eastern Coal Company. Stearns, built by Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. Stone, built and formerly owned by Pond Creek Coal Company. It was also owned by Fordson Coal Company and Eastern Coal Company. Thealka, built and formerly owned by North East Coal Company. Van Lear, built and formerly owned by Consolidation Coal Company. Wayland, built and formerly owned by Elk Horn Coal Company. Wheelwright, built and formerly owned by Elk Horn Coal Company.

Louisiana Bogalusa, Louisiana, started by Great Southern Lumber Company Cinclare, Louisiana, started by Harry L. Laws & Company Elizabeth, Louisiana started by Industrial Lumber Company Fisher, Louisiana, started by Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company Fullerton, Louisiana, started by the Gulf Lumber Company Garden City, Louisiana, started by Albert Hanson Lumber Company Glenmora, Louisiana started by Louisiana Sawmill Company Ltd. Kinder, Louisiana started by Peavy Byrnes Lumber Company Long Leaf, Louisiana started by Crowell and Spencer Lumber Company Pawnee, Louisiana Stables, Louisiana, started by the Gulf Lumber Company

Maine

Chisholm, Maine, built by the Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Company Hastings, Maine, built by the Hastings Lumber Company Katahdin Iron Works, built by Piscataquis Iron Works Company Millinocket, Maine, 20th century residential development for the Great Northern Paper Company millBangor and Aroostook p. 24 Milo, Maine, includes residential developments for employees of Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's Derby shops Newhall, Maine, residences for employees of Oriental Powder CompanyDole, Samuel Thomas Windham in the Past (1916) Rumford, Maine, includes residential developments by paper mill owner Hugh J. ChisholmJennifer Stowell-Norris, The History of Strathglass Park Westbrook, Maine, 20th century economy dominated by S. D. Warren Paper Mill

Massachusetts

Hopedale, Massachusetts, former home of the Draper Corporation, textile machine manufacturer. North Dighton, Massachusetts, former textile mill town, greatly expanded during the 1910s–1920s. Southbridge, Massachusetts, former mill town, known for the home of American Optical Company. Whitinsville, Massachusetts, former home of Whitin Machine Works, textile machine manufacturer.

Michigan

Alberta, Michigan, started by Henry Ford Gwinn, Michigan, owned by Cleveland Cliffs Iron, nicknamed the "Model Town", because CCI intended its layout to be a model for all of their other company towns