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Hooverville

Term for shanty towns built during the Great Depression
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Hooverville

Summary

Hooverville ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (837 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Herbert Hoover is named after Hooverville[2].
  • Hooverville's subclass of is recorded as shanty town[3].
  • Hooverville's Commons category is recorded as Shanty towns[4].
  • Hooverville's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02f7wc[5].
  • Hooverville's Commons gallery is recorded as Hooverville[6].
  • Hooverville's Quora topic ID is recorded as Hooverville[7].
  • Hooverville's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Hooverville[8].

Why It Matters

Hooverville ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (837 views/month).[1] Hooverville has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Hooverville is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Herbert Hoover The Grapes of Wrath

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hooverville. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hooverville
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hooverville_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hooverville}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hooverville}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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