0 a town that experiences sudden economic growth
1 a small town that grows quickly as a result of a sudden increase in local economic activity
It was a boom town.
It was a boom town in those days.
I visited that town recently and it is an absolute boom town, with two or three ships alongside each quay.
Johannesburg, like many other boom towns, grew rapidly and with little planning, and thus the city covers an extremely large area.
Portie became a boom town.
Goldenville, being the most popular for miners, was a boom town; previously no bigger than it is today, overnight it boomed to hundreds, probably even thousands of people.
Aurora's mines were so rich that the boom town attracted miners to the area from all over the west.
Blacksburg became a boom town and hotels and saloons were built for the new visitors.
