coal town
Pit village community
A coal town is a community built around coal mining, where the mine dominates local employment and economy.
Many such towns were company towns, with the mining company owning housing, stores, and facilities.
The term often evokes images of Appalachian or Welsh mining communities: The coal town emptied out after the mine closed.
- abandoned minesDisused underground extraction sites
- mine shaftVertical tunnel for extraction
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
- company townsEmployer-controlled worker settlements
- company storeEmployer-operated retail outlet
company housing · mining industry · railroad tracks · pit · wage labor · miner · headframe · pithead · labor strikes · tipple · worker solidarity · union dues · scrip · holler · slag heap · Great Depression · ethnic enclaves · smokestacks
- industrial townsindustrial city, Gary, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Youngstown
- historic settlementsghost towns, abandoned village, frontier towns, pioneer settlements, pioneer settlement
- Mining Heritagecolliery, mining settlement, mining camp, pithead, miner
- mining townsmining camp, boomtown, Leadville, Virginia City, Tombstone
- worker housinglabor camp, crew quarters, company housing, mining camp, bunkhouse
- ghost townsghost city, deserted village, Garnet, Pripyat, Pompeii
coal townresort town
Leisure-focused small community
tech hub · beach town · financial center · fishing village · college town
coal towngarden city
Planned leafy township
seaside resort · mountain retreat · spa town · alpine village · lakeside town