List of fictional settlements


This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages, and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to a work of fiction and substantively depicted therein. Fictional cities, towns and counties are arrows in the fiction writers' quivers they lend an air of authenticity to the story, and since there are so many of them, readers find them to be a plausible addition that makes the story more realistic.

Comics

NameDebutCreatorPublisherNotes
Basin CityDark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special Frank MillerDark Horse ComicsA 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.
BlüdhavenNightwing Vol 1 #1Chuck Dixon, Scott McDanielDC ComicsA 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 CityShowcase #22 John BroomeDC Comics
District XNew X-Men #127Grant Morrison, John Paul LeonMarvel ComicsA 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.
DuckburgWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 Carl BarksDisneyFictional 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 CityBatman #4 Bob Kane, Bill FingerDC ComicsA 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 CityFlash Comics #1 Gardner Fox, Harry LampertDC Comics
MetropolisAction Comics #16 DC ComicsA 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.
RiverdalePep Comics #22 Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, John L. GoldwaterArchie 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, KansasSuperboy #2 DC ComicsA 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 CityGreen ArrowGeorge Papp, Mort WeisingerDC ComicsHome of the fictional vigilantes Green Arrow, Black Canary, Spartan, and Overwatch. They fight crime in this city.
Kamar-TajStrange Tales #110 Stan Lee, Steve DitkoMarvel ComicsA village hidden high in the Himalayas, where Doctor Strange learns magic from the Ancient One.
Fawcett CityWhiz Comics #2 Fawcett Comics, DC Comics

Film

NameFilmDistributorNotes-
Chesterford, Massachusetts211Momentum PicturesChesterford is a fictional city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with its own police department.
Derry, MaineItWarner Bros. PicturesDerry 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, CaliforniaBack to the FutureUniversalHill Valley is a fictional town in California, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and 16 miles from Grass Valley.-
Emerald CityThe Wizard of OzMGMThe 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.-
ZionThe MatrixWarner BrothersZion 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 EisleyStar Wars20th Century FoxMos 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.-
CoruscantStar Wars20th Century FoxCoruscant is a fictional planet and city in the Star Wars universe. It has a population of about a trillion.-
StepfordThe Stepford WivesFadsin 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.-
ToontownWho Framed Roger RabbitTouchstone 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, IllinoisHalloweenIndependent Horror FilmHaddonfield, 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.-

Television

Town NameOriginNetworkNotes
Cabot CoveMurder, She WroteCBSCabot 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, IndianaStranger ThingsNetflix
Lenora Hills, CaliforniaStranger ThingsNetflixLenora 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, GeorgiaThe Dukes of HazzardCBSHazzard 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.
MayberryAndy Griffith ShowCBSMayberry 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, IndianaParks and RecreationNBCPawnee 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, CaliforniaBuffy the Vampire SlayerThe WBSunnydale, 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, MississippiIn the Heat of the NightCBS, NBCSparta is a fictional town in Mississippi. It was filmed in Hammond, Indiana and also Covington, Georgia.
Mystic FallsThe Vampire DiariesCWHometown 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, ILRoseanneABCLanford is the town that the show takes place in.