I think it's called a "boomtown." A good example is present day Eureka, California.
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He grew up in a small town in Greece called Stageira.
Charlize grew up in a town called Benoni. Benoni is in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is now a beautiful actress and model.
The term boomtown was used to describe a town that grew quickly around gold-minning areas.
The term boomtown was used to describe a town that grew quickly around gold-minning areas.
In 1737, William Byrd II founded Richmond, Virginia. He named the town after Richmond, a small English town, near London. Agriculture and slave trade quickly grew in the Richmond area.
Sacramento became a town in 1848 when John Sutter founded it at Sutter's Fort. It quickly grew in size and importance due to the California Gold Rush.
he grew up in a small town called phonocio
fibonacci's children grew up in a small town called Holden McCock he did have kids and a wife
Ballarat started out as a gold-mining town. The first goldrushes in Victoria started in 1851 in an area encompassing where Ballarat and Bendigo now stand. Many of the towns within what is called the "Golden Triangle" started out as diggers' camps. Like many gold-mining camps, the town grew out of the need to provide supplies for the miners.
A mining camp is temporary housing for miners while the vein is being developed. If the ore is rich and doesn't appear to play out quickly, a town is built to replace the camp.
Libbie tricket grew up in a town called townsville in QLD
He is from a small town in England called Bexley Kent. He grew up in Eltham Kent.