| Name | Debut | Creator | Publisher | Notes |
| Basin City | Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special | Frank Miller | Dark Horse Comics | A fictional town in the American west, almost universally called "Sin City". Founded as a mining town, the Roark family "imported" prostitutes to keep the miners happy, eventually making great profit both from the ore and "tourism". In the modern era, the town is governed by criminal organizations, most of them descendants of both the Roarks and the original prostitutes, Basin City becoming a dangerous red-light district. |
| Blüdhaven | Nightwing Vol 1 #1 | Chuck Dixon, Scott McDaniel | DC Comics | A fictional American city located in New Jersey. A former whaling town, which was officially incorporated as a "Commonwealth" in 1912. The town had a generally poor socio-economic populace, owing in part to failed efforts to transform itself into a manufacturing and shipping center. In modern times, it became more dangerous than Gotham, ruled by gangs and a corrupt police department. Nightwing is the most common heroic presence. |
| Coast City | Showcase #22 | John Broome | DC Comics | |
| District X | New X-Men #127 | Grant Morrison, John Paul Leon | Marvel Comics | A ghetto like neighbourhood of New York City, where most of the inhabitants are mutants. With the rise of Manhattan's mutant population coupled with racism among normal humans, mutants formed their own community in a ghetto established in or around Alphabet City, Manhattan. Middle East Side and Mutant Town are its other names. A series of explosions incinerated much of the neighborhood, with Arcade's force fields preventing fire fighters from entering the area until the entire district had been utterly annihilated. Now District X has been destroyed completely. |
| Duckburg | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 | Carl Barks | Disney | Fictional city that appears in various Disney comic books and animated projects, located in the fictional state of Calisota. It is the home of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Daisy Duck, and most of their supporting cast. Various writers have given it a long and complex history; it was originally known as "Fort Drake Borough", a fort built in the 16th century by British explorer Sir Francis Drake. By the 19th century, the fort had been handed over by its departing British occupants to Cornelius Coot, who renamed the fort "Duckburg". |
| Gotham City | Batman #4 | Bob Kane, Bill Finger | DC Comics | A fictional American city that is the home of Batman, and the principal setting for all Batman comics, films, and other adaptations. Generally portrayed as a dark, crime-ridden locale, writer/artist Frank Miller has described Gotham City as New York City at night. It was originally strongly inspired by Trenton, Ontario's history, location, atmosphere, and various architectural styles, and has since incorporated elements from New York City, Detroit, Pittsburgh, London and Chicago. Anton Furst's designs of Gotham for Tim Burton's Batman have been influential on subsequent portrayals: he set out to "make Gotham City the ugliest and bleakest metropolis imaginable." |
| Keystone City | Flash Comics #1 | Gardner Fox, Harry Lampert | DC Comics | |
| Metropolis | Action Comics #16 | | DC Comics | A fictional American city that is the home of Superman, and along with Smallville, one of the principal settings for all Superman comics, films, and other adaptations. |
| Riverdale | Pep Comics #22 | Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, John L. Goldwater | Archie Comic Publications, Inc. | Riverdale is a fictional city that appears in the Archie Comics. Its exact location is unknown but it is presented to be a suburban town with parks, shopping malls, and restaurants. Publisher John L. Goldwater has said that the town is based on his own hometown of Hiawatha, Kansas, while Archie artist Bob Montana has said that it is based on his hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts. |
| Smallville, Kansas | Superboy #2 | | DC Comics | A fictional town in Kansas that is the hometown of Superman, where he landed on earth as an infant and was raised under an ordinary human identity in a small, idyllic farming community. Comics and adapted media that portray Superman's origin typically show his growing up in Smallville, and the adult Superman also returns to visit. Smallville debuted in comics as the setting for Superboy but was first mentioned in The Adventures of Superman radio show. The television series Smallville broadcast from 2001 to 2011. |
| Star City | Green Arrow | George Papp, Mort Weisinger | DC Comics | Home of the fictional vigilantes Green Arrow, Black Canary, Spartan, and Overwatch. They fight crime in this city. |
| Kamar-Taj | Strange Tales #110 | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Marvel Comics | A village hidden high in the Himalayas, where Doctor Strange learns magic from the Ancient One. |
| Fawcett City | Whiz Comics #2 | | Fawcett Comics, DC Comics | |
| Name | Film | Distributor | Notes | - |
| Chesterford, Massachusetts | 211 | Momentum Pictures | Chesterford is a fictional city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with its own police department. | |
| Derry, Maine | It | Warner Bros. Pictures | Derry is a fictional town created by Stephen King to serve as a nexus of horror in books such as It, Insomnia, The Tommyknockers and 11/22/63. | - |
| Hill Valley, California | Back to the Future | Universal | Hill Valley is a fictional town in California, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and 16 miles from Grass Valley. | - |
| Emerald City | The Wizard of Oz | MGM | The Emerald City is the fictional capital city of the Land of Oz based on L. Frank Baum's series of Oz books. It was first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The city is sometimes called the City of Emeralds due to its extensively green architecture. | - |
| Zion | The Matrix | Warner Brothers | Zion is a fictional city in The Matrix films. It is the last human city on the planet Earth after a cataclysmic nuclear war between humankind and sentient Machines, which resulted in artificial lifeforms dominating the world. | - |
| Mos Eisley | Star Wars | 20th Century Fox | Mos Eisley is a setting in the fictional Star Wars universe. It is introduced as a spaceport town on the planet Tatooine which Obi-Wan Kenobi describes as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." It is the home of the Mos Eisley cantina and Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes. | - |
| Coruscant | Star Wars | 20th Century Fox | Coruscant is a fictional planet and city in the Star Wars universe. It has a population of about a trillion. | - |
| Stepford | The Stepford Wives | Fadsin Cinema Associates, Paramount Pictures | Stepford, Connecticut is the setting in the Stepford Wives films and novel The Stepford Wives. Although the focus is on the wives, the fictional location is also worthy of note. | - |
| Toontown | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures | Fictional town that borders Burbank, California, it is designed specifically to act as a home for Toons, and as a result, the laws of physics are subject to change within its borders, often making it hazardous for human visitors. Formerly owned by tycoon Marvin Acme, his death and apparent absence of a will triggers an ownership dispute that drives the main plot of the film. | - |
| Haddonfield, Illinois | Halloween | Independent Horror Film | Haddonfield, Illinois is the setting of serial killer Michael Myers' childhood and mass murder spree of Halloween 1978. The town name was named after Haddonfield, New Jersey, the hometown of the film's co-writer and producer Debra Hill. The town appears in all of the films in the franchise, except for Halloween H20. | - |
| Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes |
| Cabot Cove | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | Cabot Cove, Maine, is the small, fictional fishing village in which Jessica Fletcher lives in the television series Murder, She Wrote. Many episodes of Murder, She Wrote used Cabot Cove as a location because the show's producers were contractually obliged to deliver five Cabot Cove episodes a year. Despite the town's population of 3,560, Cabot Cove became notable as a place where a large number of murders took place. The New York Times calculated that almost 2% of Cabot Cove's residents died during the show's run. More visitors to Cabot Cove died than residents.
Cabot Cove is named after the town's founder, Winfred Cabot. Perhaps setting the stage for the town's reputation for murders, Cabot was killed in a murder-suicide situation with his wife Hepzibah. It has an architectural heritage of Victorian houses. Given the village's rich history, coastal location and close proximity to eastern U.S. cities, Cabot Cove was transformed from a small, sleepy fishing village to a tourist destination for the people coming from New York City. |
| Hawkins, Indiana | Stranger Things | Netflix | |
| Lenora Hills, California | Stranger Things | Netflix | Lenora Hills is a fictional town in California that appeared in the fourth season of the show, the town was where the Byers and Eleven moved from Hawkins at the end of the third season. |
| Hazzard County, Georgia | The Dukes of Hazzard | CBS | Hazzard County is a fictional county in Georgia that was the setting for the 1980s television series The Dukes of Hazzard and its 2005 film of the same name. |
| Mayberry | Andy Griffith Show | CBS | Mayberry is a fictional community in North Carolina that was the setting for two American television sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reunion television movie titled Return to Mayberry. It is said to be based on Andy Griffith's hometown, Mount Airy, North Carolina. |
| Pawnee, Indiana | Parks and Recreation | NBC | Pawnee is a fictional town in the U.S. television show, Parks and Rec. It is said to be based on Muncie, Indiana. It is also claimed that it is based on Evansville. It is claimed that Eagleton is based on Carmel. |
| Sunnydale, California | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Sunnydale, California is the fictional setting for the U.S. television drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Series creator Joss Whedon conceived the town as a representation of a generic California city, as well as a narrative parody of the serene towns typical in traditional horror movies.
Sunnydale is located on a "Hellmouth"; a portal "between this reality and the next", and convergence point of mystical energies. |
| Sparta, Mississippi | In the Heat of the Night | CBS, NBC | Sparta is a fictional town in Mississippi. It was filmed in Hammond, Indiana and also Covington, Georgia. |
| Mystic Falls | The Vampire Diaries | CW | Hometown to the main characters of the series. Founded in 1860 by a few founding families, the small town with a long history of supernatural creatures such as Vampires, Werewolves and Witches. Many important historical occurrences have taken place in Mystic Falls. |
| Lanford, IL | Roseanne | ABC | Lanford is the town that the show takes place in. |
| Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes | - |
| Beach City | Steven Universe | Cartoon Network | Located in the fictional state of Delmarva, Beach City is the location of the headquarters of the Crystal Gems. Bill Dewey and Nanefua Pizza are both former mayors of the city. Notable locations include The Big Donut, Fish Stew Pizza, and Boardwalk Fries. | - |
| Bedrock | The Flintstones | ABC | Bedrock is the fictional prehistoric city, which is home to the characters of the animated television series, The Flintstones. | - |
| Gravity Falls, Oregon | Gravity Falls | Disney Channel | Gravity Falls, Oregon, is the fictional setting for the 2012 series, Gravity Falls. It is believed to be a strange town with many mysteries waiting to be uncovered. | - |
| New New York City, New York | Futurama | Fox | New New York is the setting of the 1999 animated comedy Futurama, built above "'Old' New York." It is also the location of the headquarters of Planet Express. | - |
| Quahog, Rhode Island | Family Guy | Fox | Quahog, Rhode Island is a city which is the setting for the U.S. animated television sitcom Family Guy. A popular bar in the city is The Drunken Clam. | - |
| South Park, Colorado | South Park | CMDY | A fictional small town of South Park, located within the real life South Park basin in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado. The town is also home to an assortment of frequent characters such as students, families, elementary school staff, and other various residents, who tend to regard South Park as a bland and quiet place to live. | - |
| Springfield | The Simpsons | FOX | Springfield is the fictional town in which the American animated sitcom The Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of the United States, Springfield acts as a complete universe in which characters can explore the issues faced by modern society. The geography of the town and its surroundings are flexible, changing to address whatever an episode's plot calls for. Springfield's location is impossible to determine; the show is deliberately evasive on the subject, providing contradictory clues and impossible information about an actual geographic location. The town was founded by Jebediah Springfield. | - |
| West City | Dragon Ball | Funimation | Fictional city featured in the Dragon Ball franchise. It is a large megalopolis on Earth. Out of the 43 regions that the Earth is divided into, it is included in region 28. | - |
| Konohagakure | Naruto | Viz Media | Fictional village featured in the Naruto media franchise. It is a hidden village located in the Land of Fire. As the village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Konohagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Hokage, of which there have been seven in its history. | - |
| Musutafu | My Hero Academia | Funimation | Fictional city in the My Hero Academia franchise where Izuku Midoriya and other characters live. It is located somewhere near Shizuoka Prefecture. | - |
| Townsville | Powerpuff Girls | Cartoon Network | Although it shares the same name as the Australian city, it does not appear to have any other connection to Townsville, Queensland. | - |
| New Helic City | Zoids: Chaotic Century | JNN | | - |
| Paradigm City | The Big O | Wowow | | - |
| Clamburg | Making Fiends (web series) Making Fiends (TV series) | Nickelodeon | Fictional coastal city in an unknown sea which is a dangerous city and the delicious side of Clamburg is Clams. It is implied to be a fishing village that serves as a tourist destination. | |
| Iacon | Transformers (franchise) | Paramount+, Cartoon Network, The Hub/Discovery Family, and The CW's Vortexx block | Fictional city on the planet Cybertron. It is an Autobot-controlled city state in the planet's northern hemisphere. | |
| Town name | Author | Origin | Notes |
| Ambergris | Jeff VanderMeer | City of Saints and Madmen | Ambergris is a fictional city featured in Jeff VanderMeer's works, starting with City of Saints and Madmen and continuing with Shriek: An Afterword and Finch. It is named for "the most secret and valued part of the whale" and populated by humans after its original inhabitants—a race of mushroom-like humanoids known as "gray caps"—were violently driven underground. These creatures, though removed from the eccentricities of daily life in Ambergris, continue to cast a shadow over the city with their unexplained nocturnal activities. |
| Castle Rock | Stephen King | various novels | Castle Rock, Maine is part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography and provides the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Built similarly to the fictional towns of Jerusalem's Lot and Derry, Castle Rock is a typical small New England town with many dark secrets. |
| Cittàgazze | Philip Pullman | The Subtle Knife | Cittàgazze, meaning "City of the Magpies" in Italian, is a fictional city within an unknown world. |
| Clochemerle | Gabriel Chevallier | Clochemerle | Clochemerle is a fictional village in France, in a 1934 satirical novel of the same name by Gabriel Chevallier, inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais, a commune in the Beaujolais. The novel satirises the conflict between Catholics and republicans in the Third Republic. The story concerns a dispute over the construction of a vespasienne near the village church. The term Clochemerle has entered French as a term to describe "petty, parochial squabbling". |
| Hogsmeade | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter series | Hogsmeade Village is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by magical beings, and is located to the northwest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was founded by medieval wizard Hengist of Woodcroft. Much of Hogsmeade's architecture reflects its medieval origin; the village is known for its leaning medieval houses. Hogsmeade primarily consists of a single thoroughfare, called High Street, on which most shops and other magical venues reside. |
| Idaville | Donald J. Sobol | Encyclopedia Brown | Idaville is a fictional American town in this YA series. It is also the setting of the stories in other media. |
| Shangri-La | James Hilton | Lost Horizon | Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, and particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia. |
| Brigadoon | Alan Jay Lerner | Brigadoon | Brigadoon is a fictional Scottish town and is the main subject of the Broadway musical of the same name. The town only appears in our world for one day every 100 years. |
| Lake Wobegon | Garrison Keillor | A Prairie Home Companion | Lake Wobegon is a fictional lake and town in Minnesota. It is the setting for Garrison Keillor's segment "The News from Lake Wobegon" from the radio program A Prairie Home Companion as well Kellior's books Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home. It is said to be located in the fictional Mist County in Central Minnesota presumably near St. Cloud. The town is based on the small-town life of various Minnesota lake communities, most notably Keillor's hometown of Anoka, Minnesota. |
| Middlemarch | George Eliot | Middlemarch | Middlemarch is a fictional town in 19th century England circa 1832. It is the setting for George Eliot's 1872 novel. A small town in New Zealand bears the same name, possibly because the wife of a 19th-century surveyor was reading the novel at the time settlements were being catalogued. |
| Amber | Roger Zelazny | The Chronicles of Amber | Amber is the true world of which our world, and many others, are shadows; and also the name of the citadel that is its capital. |
| Lankhmar | Fritz Leiber | Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser | Lankhmar is a populous, labyrinthine city rife with corruption. It serves as the home of Leiber's two anti-heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It also forms a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. |
| Ankh-Morpork | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | Pratchett describes Ankh-Morpork as on the far side of corrupt and polluted, and as subject to outbreaks of comedic violence and brouhaha on a fairly regular basis. Ankh-Morpork is also the mercantile capital of the Discworld. As the series proceeds, Ankh-Morpork is more and more portrayed as multi-cultural and struggling with modern real-world challenges. Even when it is under attack from a dragon, the vegetable carts still have to come in. In The Art of Discworld, Pratchett explains that the city is similar to Tallinn and central Prague, but adds that it has elements of 18th-century London, 19th-century Seattle and modern New York City. |
| Alicante | Cassandra Clare | The Mortal Instruments | This city is the home to all shadow hunters in The Mortal Instrument series. However, not all shadow hunters live in Alicante. They have to live across the world to protect humanity from demons, but Alicante is always in their hearts. |
| Ulthar | H. P. Lovecraft | Various short stories | Ulthar is both a fictional town and a fictional deity. The town of Ulthar is part of H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, appearing in such stories as "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", "The Cats of Ulthar" and "The Other Gods". |
| Peterswood | Enid Blyton | Five Find-Outers | Peterswood is a city that appears in the story "Five find outers" as the main setting in the fifteen mystery stories. |
| Kirrin Island | Enid Blyton | The Famous Five (novel series) | Kirrin Island is an island belonging George. The island is frequented by the five adventurers. |
| Jonathanland | Mason Ewing | Various stories | Jonathanland is the fictional city created by Mason Ewing, where several storylines unfold, including those of Baby Madison, Eli Tilmann and the pin-up Shelly Gold. It is located in California, not far from Los Angeles. |
| Rocky Beach | Robert Arthur Jr.. | Three Investigators | Rocky Beach is where the three investigators live. |
| TKKG City | Rolf Kalmuczak behind a pseudonym "Stefan wolf" | TKKG | TKKG city is a metropolitan city. The city where TKKG lives. the setting for most of the stories. |
| Malgudi | R. K. Narayan | Swami and Friends | A town in Ramanathapuram in South India in the novels and short stories of R. K. Narayan. All but one of his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take place here. The name is a portmanteau of two Bangalore localities, Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi. |
| Underhill | Kim Stanley Robinson. | Red Mars | This is the original settlement on Mars. |