cow town

a small town, especially one in a cattle-raising district in the western U.S. or Canada.

a town or city, especially in the western U.S. or Canada, from which cattle are shipped to market.

Origin of cow town

First recorded in 1880–85

But mentionin' color, the thought of that little affair do make my face as red as a cow-town on pay-day.

Yellowstone Nights |Herbert Quick
While the sting of the cow-town whisky was still rankling in their throats a man entered the front door.

When the West Was Young |Frederick R. Bechdolt
A couple of rude groceries completed the necessary equipment of a "cow-town."

The Eagle's Heart |Hamlin Garland
Willets was a cow-town, and for the winter its activity was over.

The Trail Horde |Charles Alden Seltzer

Bear Cat was a cow-town, still in its frankest, most exuberant youth.

The Fighting Edge |William MacLeod Raine