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mill town

settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories
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mill town

Summary

Key Facts

  • mill town is a type of human settlement[1].
  • mill town is a type of company town[2].
  • mill town's Commons category is recorded as Mill towns[3].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include human settlement[1] and company town[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/02z1ly
    Wikidata description → settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300008436
    Imported from → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||3 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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