The largest Hooverville was located in Seattle, Washington during the Great Depression, with a population of over 1,000 people. It was known as "Hooverville" in sarcastic reference to President Hoover, and it existed from 1931 to 1941.
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There is no city in Nevada named Hooverville. Hooverville is
term used for a crudely built camp put up usually on the edge of a
town to house the dispossessed and destitute, it is a practice that
started during the depression of the 1930s. There are no cities
named Hooverville in the US.
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A Hooverville is a small run down kind of town built by homeless
people during the depression era when Herbert Hoover was
president.