Illinois
- Granite City, Illinois, built by St. Louis Stamping Company, a steel company known for its "Granite ware" in which cooking utensils were made to look like granite
- Hegewisch, Chicago, founded by Adolph Hegewisch (President of the United States Rolling Stock Company) to emulate the company town of Pullman.
- Pullman, Chicago, once an independent city within Illinois, owned by the Pullman Sleeping Car Co.
- Naplate, built and formerly owned by the National Plate Glass Co.
Read more about this topic: List Of Company Towns In The United States, Listed By State
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