Fiction writers often create fictional settings for their stories, although they are often based on real communities they are familiar with. They will also sometimes use a real community as the setting for their story, but place it in another location under a fictitious name. This leaves fans wondering what the basis for the story's setting is, whether it is based on reality, adapted from reality, or even a creative product of the writer's mind.
Some writers combine real places with their fictional creations. For example, in"The Andy Griffith Show" References are made to Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, as well as Pilot Mountain, based on the real-life community of Pilot Mountain. Beverly Hills moved to the real Beverly Hills, from an area somewhere around the fictional community of Hooterville. Likewise, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas left New York City and settled on a farm near Hooterville. Here are ten famous fictional towns and the real towns they were based on when they were famous.
10. Mayberry, North Carolina, home The Andy Griffith Show.
It has long been believed that Mayberry, North Carolina, was based on Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, a city in western North Carolina about five miles south of the Virginia state line.The Andy Griffith Show was so successful that Mount Airy has built a tourism industry around its connection to the fictional Mayberry, even though it appears much more modern and larger than the Mayberry in which Andy and Barney patrolled the town in the same patrol car and virtually everyone knew everyone else.
The fictional Mayberry had only one stoplight, one long-distance phone line, an interstate bus stop, and, in the final season, a train station where a sign stated the population was 5,360. We know of one barber named Floyd, as well as one gas station and a garage owned by Wally, who hired Gomer Pyle and then Goober Pyle after Homer left town to join the Marines. The town that truly inspired the idyllic Mayberry, according to Griffith himself, was not his hometown, but rather Pilot Mountain. Pilot Mountain was and remains much smaller than Mount Airy, more in keeping with the fictional town depicted inThe Andy Griffith Show" And "Mayberry, RFD" .
Mount Airy, however, benefits from its status as Griffith's childhood home, with festivals and tourist attractions dedicated to Mayberry. Some of its residents refer to their town as Mayberry. Other towns follow suit, and connections to the fictional town make up a significant portion of local attractions. However, Mayberry, where Andy, Barney, Opie, Aunt Bee and their friends had their adventures, was located on the backlot of Desilu Studios in Culver City, California, as well as other nearby locations. No scenes were filmed in North Carolina for either"The Andy Griffith Show" , no for Mayberry, RFD .
9. Hooterville, which is shared between themselves Green Acres, Petticoat Junction And The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Hooterville Cannonball Train connects "a little hotel called the Shady Rest" to the town of Hooterville, which is about 25 miles away. Hooterville is a location featured in three 1960s CBS sitcoms:Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction And "Green Acres" In the last show, the character Lisa Douglas, played by Eva Gabor, referred to the town as Hootersville. , until CBS censors noticed and corrected it. The main intersection between the three shows was the general store/post office run by Sam Drucker. Sam's post office had a zip code of 40516 1/2. 40516 is the zip code for the Lexington, Kentucky area. Another clue is the frequent references to Bug Tussle in "Hillbillies" And "Green Acres". Believe it or not, there is a real community of that name in Kentucky, near the Tennessee border. In fact, there are at least three other "Bugtussles" in the United States.
The grandmother claimed to have grown up in Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains, so the evidence makes a strong case that the fictional Hooterville was in Kentucky, near the Tennessee line. But other references in all three shows point to the community being located elsewhere, including the Ozarks, the Smokies, and even North Dakota. The most intriguing clue to its location comes from the aforementioned Shady Rest Hotel, located inPetticoat Junction , about 25 miles from Hooterville. The Burris Hotel in Eldon, Missouri, served as the model for Shady Rest. The Burris Hotel was next to a train station, in a small town with a country feel. And it's about 360 miles from Chicago, a distance once mentioned by Oliver Douglas (Eddie Albert) in Green Acres.
Clampetts fromBeverly Hills were originally from the Ozarks, although Daisy Mae Moses, commonly referred to as Granny, was originally from Tennessee. Granny was Jed Clampett's mother-in-law and would often urge Jed to return to the mountains during the show. When they went home to visit, it was in Hooterville. So it's probably safe to say that Hooterville was within a 25-mile radius of Eldon, which would put it right in Missouri, near the Lake of the Ozarks. You'll notice that there's no consensus on the location of Hooterville. Given the several quirky characters that populated all three shows it appeared on, it's no surprise that few towns claim to have inspired it.
8. Twin Peaks, a fictional town in Washington.
Original version"Twin Peaks" lasted only two seasons, from 1990 to 1991, although a third season aired in 2017. It also spawned a feature film, numerous books, and a devoted fan base. The pilot episode listed the location of the fictional town of Twin Peaks as five miles south of the Canadian border and twelve miles west of the state line, placing the town in the northeast corner of Washington's Salmo-Priest Desert. Dozens of locations were used for filming, and have since exploited their connection to the series, with three towns claiming to be the "real" Twin Peaks.
The show's opening credits prominently featured a "Welcome to Twin Peaks" sign. Snoqualmie, Washington, erected a similar sign with the same message in 2017. According to the city's official website, "fans from around the world visit Snoqualmie each year..." eager to see the locations where the show was filmed. Not to be outdone, North Bend, Washington, also lays claim to being the "real" Twin Peaks, including celebrating an annual "Twin Peaks" by mayoral decree.
Fall City, Washington, also claims to have inspired Twin Peaks, citing its Fall City Roadhouse as a bar where the fictional town's youth liked to hang out. Numerous other locations around Seattle were used for filming the show, and dedicated fans can easily visit them all. In fact, it has become a major tourist attraction in the region, with guidebooks appearing in newspapers as far away as the UK.
7. Bayport, home of The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys debuted in 1927 in the novelThe Tower Treasure. Written by several writers working for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the brothers, Frank and Joe Hardy, were the sons of a famous retired New York City detective working as a freelance investigator. The brothers assisted their father on some of his cases and took on others. They lived in Bayport, on Barmet Bay, where the high school-aged boys owned a speedboat, a speedboat, motorcycles, and their own car, purchased with reward money. Where Bayport was, or Barmet Bay for that matter, was never made clear. In the 1950s and 1960s, 38 of the original novels were rewritten (ruining them), but no new clues were given as to Bayport's location.
It's a town on a bay fed by a river, with cliffs along part of the shoreline and islands in the bay near where it meets the ocean. It has a port, an airport, and a train station, from which it's about a two-hour drive to New York City. It would seem to be in Connecticut, New Jersey, or Long Island. In fact, Long Island has a Bayport. It's on the south shore, on a bay fed by a river, with Shore Road (one of the show's early titles was "The Mystery of the Coastal Road "), a railroad station and a small airport nearby. At the time the books were first published, the area was a swamp of bootleggers, smugglers, fences and other criminal activities, as described in Hardy's adventures. The descriptions of the real Bayport and the fictional one are almost identical.
However, many fans claim that the fictional Bayport was actually located in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware, and other places. However, the real Bayport matches the fictional Bayport in the original 38 books in the series, all of which are out of print and hard to find. The Bayport of these books was a wonderful place for kids to escape to on rainy summer days, which is what made the Hardy Boys series so successful in the latter half of the 20th century.
6. Gotham City, Batman's criminal base
For many, Gotham City, home of Batman and many costumed villains, is based on New York City. After all, New York City is often called Gotham. Bruce Wayne/Batman did not live in Gotham, at least not initially, but in the stately Wayne Manor, outside the city. And Batman traveled to Metropolis more than once to meet Superman. It is often claimed that Metropolis is based on New York City. They cannot both be based on the same city. Some believe that Metropolis was based on Cleveland, home of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This theory allows Buffalo, New York to serve as the basis for Gotham City, given the necessary distance from each other.
The arguments that Gotham City is located in New Jersey are strong, although conflicting locations have emerged. One has Gotham on the Atlantic coast. Several references in past Batman comics support this thesis, including one in which Robin and Batgirl are driving along the Hudson County Highway. There is an actual Hudson County in New Jersey. A 1983 comic book describes a location 20 miles north of Gotham as being on the Jersey Shore. This would place Gotham north and east of Atlantic City, on the Atlantic coast. There is also evidence that Gotham City was based on Newark, New Jersey. Another reference places Gotham in the southwestern part of the state, along the Delaware.
Wherever Gotham is, it’s clear from the size of its harbor, as well as the city itself, that Bob Kane had New York in mind when he created the Caped Crusader. Unless, of course, he had Chicago in mind. Or Philadelphia. But Kane was born, raised, and educated in New York City. The cityscape in the early books resembled the New York skyline of the time. So while the fictional Gotham City could very well be in New Jersey, Delaware, or Illinois, it’s most likely the real city known as Gotham that inspired Batman’s home.
5. Bedrock, a small stone age town, home The Flintstones.
The Flintstones in their original configuration were essentially an animated version of " "The Honeymooners" by Jackie Gleason. Fred and Barney replaced Ralph and Ed, and their wives Wilma and Betty replaced Alice and Trixie. However, the Flintstones and Rubbles did not live in a Brooklyn neighborhood. They lived in the mid-sized town of Bedrock, which for a town of its size offered considerable amenities in the original series. The location of Bedrock has never been revealed, but several clues have led to speculation. Palm trees and desert areas would seem to place it in the American Southwest, but Christmas shows have shown Bedrock to be covered in seasonal snow for the holidays.
In one show from the original series, a modern Stone Age family was two days away from Rock Vegas, presumably Las Vegas. In another, they drove several hours to get to Indianrockolis, which, if the latter refers to today's Indianapolis, would place Bedrock in the American Midwest. It was a typical mid-sized American city of the 1960s. Barney and Fred both worked blue-collar jobs, although Barney's exact line of work was not specified. Fred worked as a crane operator for brontosauruses in a quarry. Both exhibited Midwestern stereotypes of the time, belonging to a Lodge (the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs, later changed to the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo), participating in bowling leagues, shooting pool, and marrying to stay home with their wives.
Bedrock could have been based on many Midwestern towns of the time. We know more about where it wasn't than where it was. It may have been near the Great Lakes, as the Flintstones and Rubbles often go to the beach, and in one episode it's revealed that the town had its own yacht club. In 1966, Bedrock City opened in Custer, South Dakota, to cater to tourists. It has since closed. Another Bedrock in Arizona remains open as of this writing.
4. Cabot Cove, Maine, a small town with an unusually high murder rate books "Murder, She Wrote".
The New England coastline is well known for its many small, picturesque towns and villages, stretching from Connecticut to Maine. Among them was the fictional Cabot Cove, home of Jessica Fletcher in the television show"Murder She Wrote" Jessica made her living writing murder mysteries, for which she gained international fame. In her spare time, she solved real-life murders (in her fictional world) that seemed beyond the capabilities of professionals. Cabot Cove, Maine, gave her an endless string of mysterious murders, an opportunity to develop her detective skills at a rate that made this small village the undisputed champion of the world, at least in terms of murders.
The quaint New England coastal town may have been inspired by one of several communities on the coast of Maine, but was substituted for on the California coast for filming. The Mendocino set included Jessica Fletcher's house, and scenes filmed outside the town were mostly shot on the Universal City soundstages. Cabot Cove was not based on any Maine community, although some fans of the show have attributed it to Penobscot Bay, Kennebunkport, or Boothbay Harbor. Cabot Cove thus joins the equally fictional Maine towns of Spruce Harbor (Orphan Train ) and Crabapple Cove ( M*A*S*H ) as non-existent towns created in the style of a quaint New England coastal village.
What sets it apart from Cabot Cove is that, over the course of its twelve seasons of fictional existence, it had one of the highest murder rates of any place in the world. Of course, not every murder Jessica solved took place in Cabot Cove. She often traveled to other places to solve murder mysteries, including teaming up with Thomas Magnum in Hawaii. Still, according to a 2012 article in the UK's Daily Mail, Cabot Cove had more murders than Honduras. At the time, Honduras had the highest murder rate in the world. It's no wonder that few cities want the reputation of Jessica's inspiring hometown.
3. Shangri-La, a mystical utopian region that first appeared in Lost Horizon.
Shangri-La first appeared in James Hilton's novel"Lost Horizon" 1933. Hilton discovered the fictional location in the Kunlun Mountains of Tibet. In 1937, it appeared in a feature film starring Ronald Colman. In both the film and the novel, Shangri-La is a Lamaist monastery, sheltered from the biting cold of the high mountains surrounding the valley in which it is located, completely unknown to the outside world. However, the Lamaist monastery is equipped with Western amenities, such as plumbing fixtures made in Akron, Ohio. It has also been equipped with a piano and harpsichord, and four survivors of a plane crash in England who are sent there by novices soon learn that the valley reverses the aging process. Some of the Lamaist monastery's inhabitants are over two centuries old.
The novel was very popular in the 1930s and became the first mass-market paperback when it was released as Pocket Book #1 in 1939. Of course, there was no hidden utopia in the Himalayas, although the plot device was used in other novels, including "The Man Who Would Be King" Rudyard Kipling , which appeared many years ago. In the book and film, as well as subsequent remakes, Shangri La came to be used to denote a mysterious, unknown place of pleasant and carefree existence. Franklin Roosevelt named his new rest camp in the Catoctin Mountains Shangri La in 1942. Today it is known as Camp David.
The concept of an unknown utopia hidden from civilization has been used many times since then in various forms of entertainment. Unfortunately, no such place exists, or at least one has never been found. Several places borrow the name, perhaps hopefully. In Tibet, there is Shangri La, so named in 2001 for tourism purposes. The name also appears in ancient Tibetan texts, which served as Hilton's source for the novel. Despite numerous expeditions and towns claiming to be the mythical Shangri La, the Lamaist monastery in the hidden valley has yet to be found.
2. Peyton Place, a fictional town in New England.
Shangri La became synonymous with innocence and honest pleasures, as well as a peaceful existence. Peyton Place became the opposite. First appearing in a novel in 1956, Peyton Place was an amalgam of several New Hampshire towns that, beneath their placid surface, hid adultery, murder, abortion, incest, class inequality, and other topics then considered taboo. Because of its highly controversial content, it was condemned by religious leaders and moralists and sold exceptionally well as a result. It also spawned two films, a sequel novel, a prime-time television series, and a daytime soap opera. Peyton Place has become a two-word term for intrigue, scandalous behavior, backstabbing, and other such activities.
The novel does not specify the town's location, other than that it is in New Hampshire, near the state's border with Vermont. Television later located Peyton Place in Massachusetts. The film and TV show were considerably less raunchy than the novel, as both had to contend with censorship. The film was shot largely in Camden, Maine, and that picturesque New England town still uses its Peyton Place connection. But that was not the inspiration for the fictional town and its seedy events created by its author, Grace Metalious, who disapproved of the film. She found that the removal of some of the most scandalous action in her book made it unconvincing.
Metallius formed Peyton Place from four communities: her hometown of Gilmanton, where she wrote the novel; nearby Laconia; and the towns of Belmont and Alton. Her hometown did not appreciate the notoriety she bestowed upon it. She received anonymous death threats, and her children were bullied at school. Some of the novel's more sinister events were based on real events that occurred in Gilmanton during Grace's lifetime. The town that provided much of the setting for the novel and subsequent adaptations continues to distance itself from Peyton Place and the wayward daughter who created it.
1. Metropolis/Smallville, fictional homes of Superman/Clark Kent
When Superman first appeared in 1938, he was already an adult, and his alter ego Clark Kent was working as a reporter in MetropolisDaily Star He didn't start working in Daily Planet , until he appeared on radio. His childhood in Smallville was described as part of his backstory, but details of his youth did not emerge until the 1940s. Smallville was described as being in the Midwest, a nondescript farming community. Later revisions placed Smallville a short drive from Metropolis. Metropolis was a major city with a port, airports, major train stations, several newspapers, and radio stations. Was it based on New York City? Superman's creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were from Cleveland, Ohio, and that is where the character was originally conceived and developed.
The original Metropolis skyline drawn by Shuster was influenced by Toronto, Canada, although the city is clearly in the United States. Cleveland was the location for the original strips, and Siegel and Shuster hoped to publish them in a local newspaper. When the strips were published in comic books, they created a fictional Metropolis. In Superman #2, published in 1939, Metropolis was based in New York State. However, claims about the actual location of Metropolis have varied, including one published in the 1970s that placed Metropolis in Delaware, across the bay from Gotham City, with two bridges connecting it. In 2019, DC Comics confirmed that Metropolis is located in New York State. The debate among fans continues.
Regardless of what state Metropolis is in, it is clearly based on New York City, including the Statue of Liberty in its harbor and the United Nations among its many institutions. Smallville has also moved around from time to time, sometimes within a few hundred miles of Metropolis and sometimes located in Iowa and Kansas. While Smallville was created to imbue Clark Kent/Superman with Midwestern American values, Metropolis operated as a big city full of crime in Superman's earliest creation. It has been recreated many times since, as have its fellow superheroes and the worlds they live and work in.
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