--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:33:37 -0500 From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re[2]: Cities named after main industry <fwd> Port Ivory on Staten Island, is not really a community, but an old industrial area, which some folk have settled near. named for Ivory Soap, and based on old Proctor and Gamble property I think. Alice Hudson, Map Division, NYPL ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:39:36 -0800 (PST) >From: Terra Hangen <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Cities named after main industry Jim Coombs asked on Dec.9 about company towns named for the company. I don't know of a general list, but I do know one such city. Kohler, Wisconsin is the company town of the Kohler Company, which makes top of the line bathtubs, sinks, spas, etc. Terra Hangen [log in to unmask] Maps Cataloger McHenry Library University of California, Santa Cruz --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message ---