Dogtown

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Dogtown may refer to

Contents 1 Places 2 Films 3 Other 4 References

[edit] Places

• Dogtown, Marin County, California, an unincorporated community (originally Woodville), in West Marin
• Dogtown, Mono County, California, a ghost town
• Dogtown, Oakland, California, a neighborhood
• Dogtown, San Joaquin County, California, a Gold Rush-era settlement, located in northern San Joaquin County, California^[1]
• The former name of Magalia, California, a historical gold rush town in Butte County
• Dogtown, an old established barrio of Northeast Los Angeles^[2]
• Dogtown, Massachusetts, a ghost town

Area nicknames

• The beach area at the Santa Monica/Venice border in California, site of the former Pacific Ocean Park, famed for its skateboarding and surfing culture and used as the setting for the 2005 Lords of Dogtown
• The area surrounding Drake University (The Bulldogs) in Des Moines, Iowa
• The business area near Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, now known as Campustown
• The Clayton/Tamm, St. Louis neighborhood
• North Little Rock, Arkansas^[3]

[edit] Films

• Dogtown (film), a 1997 film
• Dogtown and Z-Boys, a 2001 documentary film about skateboarding
• Dogville, a 2003 movie starring Nicole Kidman
• Lords of Dogtown, a 2005 film based on Dogtown and Z-Boys

[edit] Other

• Mining jargon for a group of ad-hoc huts or other shelters, typically near a mineral deposit^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References