Towns of shacks and tents built by homeless
people during the depression were called Hoovervilles.
The towns which were built by homeless people
at the time Great Depression in the United States is called hoovervilles. This
was named after the name of President, Herbert
Hoover who was 31st President of United States from 1929 to
1933. At that time democrats named many things on his name, like hoover
leather, hoover blanket etc.