1844 J. H. Carleton 26 Aug. (1983) 53 We passed..by that great curiosity of the prairies, a Dog Town.
1918 W. Cather i. vii. 49 The dog town was spread out over perhaps ten acres. The grass had been nibbled short and even.
2004 2 Aug. 11/2 Imperiled animals like the sage grouse, the black-tailed prairie dog, and the mountain plover, a bird that lives in dogtowns.