DCHP-1 Online
paper town 
1 Hist. a town projected but not always actually founded.
- 1819 On this river . . . is General Simcoe's paper town called London [Upper Canada].
- 1883 Passing through lively scenery . . . we arrive at Menota once famous in the days of paper towns as Dobbin City.
2 a town or city where paper manufacturing is the dominant industry.
- 1957 Logging camps, mills, paper towns, the new aluminum town of Kitimat, the copper mines of Britannia, the salmon canneries, the milkshed of Fraser Valley . . . pour their products into Vancouver.
- 1819 On this river . . . is General Simcoe's paper town called London [Upper Canada].