the town (or city) where a person was born or grew up or has his principal residence; as, he never went back to his hometown again.

the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again"

Hometown is primarily used as a generic term for the city or town in which someone grew up, or the place of someone's principal residencehttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/Hometown.

a place with its own special dot on the map