List of Cities and Towns in North America
LIST[]
A[]
- Absolution - Cowboys and Aliens 2011 film
- Agrestic (California) - Weeds television series
- Altamont - Thomas Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel
- Arnoldstown (named for Benedict Arnold and located in the Republic of New England) - Kingsley Amis's novel The Alteration
- Ascension (Washington) - Behemoth 2011 television movie
- Avonlea (Prince Edward Island) - Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables
B[]
- Babylon - Sinclair Lewis's novel Elmer Gantry, p. 85
- Banville (California) - My Name is Khan 2010 film
- Bellona - Samuel Delany's novel Dhalgren
- Belmont Falls (possibly Massachusetts) - "Glow in the Dark" episode of Boston Legal
- Biloxi (Tennessee) - F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby
- Blackwater - Straw Dogs 2011 remake of the brilliant 1971 film (why bother to take any artistic risks?)
- Bomer (Kansas) - Joseph Millard's novel The Gods Hate Kansas
- Braintree (Texas) - Stephen King's novel The Stand
- Bridge-to-Nowhere (village on a destroyed spaghetti overpass) - John C. Wright's novel Count to a Trillion, p. 45
- Bridgeburg (Ohio) - Fit Town Fat Town episode of News Readers with Louis La Fonda
C[]
- Caeden - Margot Weiss's nonfiction book Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality
- Cascadiopolis - Jay Lake's "In the Forests of the Night," in John Scalzi's short story collection Metatropolis
- Catela (California) - Tim Z. Hernandez's short story collection Breathing, In Dust
- Cedar Creek (California) - Outbreak 1995 film
- Centertown (Indiana) - Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s short story collection The Rule of the Door and Other Fanciful Regulations
- Chatswin (New York) - Suburgatory television series
- Chorowait (New York) - Robert Sheckley's novel The Journey of Joenes
- Cobbler's Bluff - David Sedaris' novel Naked, brief reference p. 156
- Cooper's Dell - Red State 2011 film
- Cutter (Washington, near Spokane) - Chris Crutcher's young adult novel Whale Talk
D[]
- Daughtry (Texas) - Django Unchained 2012 film
- DeBitter (Indiana) - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 2000 film
- Democra-city - 1939 New York World's Fair exhibit
- Dimmsdale (California) - Setting of Butch Hartman's Fairly OddParents (2001-2017)
- Dirtbag (Ohio) - SNL Sketch
- Durnsville (Indiana) - Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt
E[]
- Eagle Glen - Tom Vanderbilt's nonfiction book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We do, pp. 140-141
- East Chatswin (New York) - Suburgatory television series
- East Gatorcrack (Florida) - What The F*ck Is Happening In Florida? Part 5,628,387,893,626,912,532,841 Five Dollar Feminist Wonkette, November 12, 2018 rant
- Easter Cove (Maine) - Blow the Man Down 2019 film
- Esseph - David Lodge's novel Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses
- Evers (Mississippi) - Norman Spinrad's novel Bug Jack Barron
F[]
- Five Points - The Simpsons animated comedy television series
- Fledgling Ridge - Tom Vanderbilt's nonfiction book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We do. pp. 140-141
- Flinch (North Carolina) - Between the Ferns mockumentary
- Flowertown (Iowa) (refugee settlement) - S.G. Redling's novel Flowertown
- Fort Falls - Dark Matter television series
- Fox Meadow - The House 2017 film
- Frostbite Falls - The Bullwinkle Show
G[]
- Galt's Gulch - Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged
- Gatlin (Nebraska) - Stephen King's novel Children of the Corn
- Gitler (Missouri) - James Blish and Norman L. Knight's novel A Torrent of Faces
- Goblu (Michigan) - copyright trap
- Gordonville (Louisiana) - Karel Capek's novel War With the Newts, footnote p. 156
- Grauten (Kansas) - Sinclair Lewis's novel Elmer Gantry, p. 87
- Great New York - Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- Greater Vancouver - Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson's novel Variable Star
- Green Bluff (Illinois) - Ray Bradbury's novel The Martian Chronicles
- Green Loop (Washington) - Max Brooks's novel Devolution
- Green Prairie - Philip Wylie's novel Tomorrow! (Beyond Armageddon)
- Guadalatucky - Inside Probing, Part 1 episode of My Name is Earl, April 30, 2009
H[]
- Hammond (North Carolina) - The Campaign 2012 film
- Hawkins (Indiana) - Stranger Things television series
- Hemlock Grove (Pennsylvania) - Brian McGreevy's novel Hemlock Grove: A Novel
I[]
- Independence, USA - Glenn Beck conservative fantasy planned town
K[]
- Killeville (Virginia) - Rudy Rucker's novel Hylozoic
L[]
- Lake Wobegon - A Prairie Home Companion and associated books
- Langley Falls - American Dad television series
- Lillian (Ohio) - Super 8 2011 film
- Lucifer (New Mexico) - Route 666: Part 1 episode of Married With Children television series
- Lumberton (Northwest) - Blue Velvet 1986 film
- Lynx River - CBC television series North of 60
M[]
- Mahogonny - Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny)
- Manbrookstat - John Barnes's novel Daybreak Zero
- Mandrake Falls (New Hampshire) - Mr. Deeds 2002 film
- Mason - John Benjamin Has a Van episode
- Mayfield (Oregon) - The Sisters Brothers 2018 film
- McDermot (Nebraska) - Dan O'Brien's novel Stolen Horses
- Mercury (Minnesota) - Young Adult 2011 "tragedy/comedy" film
- Mercyville American Dad television series, brief reference
- Millgate - Philip K. Dick's novel Now Wait for Last Year
- Mishaumok - Adeline Dutton Whitney's 1863 novel Faith Gartney's Girldhood'
- Missile Gap (Alabama) - Christopher Buckley's novel They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
- Monarch - Sinclair Lewis's novel Elmer Gantry, p. 142
- Morganville (Wisconsin) - Identity Thief 2013 film
- Morgue - "The Zanti Misfits" episode of The Outer Limits, December 30, 1963
- Moorcroft (Wyoming) - Paul 2011 film
- Mooseport (Maine) - Welcome to Mooseport 2004 film
- Moralton (Statesota) - Adult Swim series Moral Orel Adult Swim television series
- Mount Harwell (Ohio) - Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s novel The Chronocide Mission: A Time Travel Novel
- Multon (Missouri) - Assimilate 2019 horror film
- Mystic Falls (Virginia) - The Vampire Diaries television series
N[]
- New Greenwich - In Time 2011 film
- New Jerusalem - Robert A. Heinlein's novel Revolt in 2100
- New St. Louis - John Scalzi's "Utere Nihil Non Extra Quititationem Suis," in his own edited short story collection Metatropolis
- New Vegas - David Brin's novel Existence, p. 37
- New Woodstock - Mack Reynolds' novel The Towers of Utopia
- Novoe Washingtongrad - James Blish and Norman L. Knight's novel A Torrent of Faces
- Nowhere (Kansas) - Courage, the Cowardly Dog
- Nuevo Santa Fe - Steven Gould's novel 7th Sigma
O[]
- Old Sandwich - episodes in Season 7 and 8 of the television series Weeds
- Ouranos (Idaho) - Greg Bear's novel Heads, p. 48
P[]
- Paradise (Louisiana) - Walker Percy's novel Love in the Ruins
- Pawnee (Indiana) - Parks and Recreation television series
- Peaceful Valley - "Valley of the Shadow" Twilight Zone January 17, 1963.
- Peyton Place (New Hampshire) - Grace Metalious' 1956 novel Peyton Place and Peyton Place 1957 film
- Phoenecia - Mack Reynolds' novel The Towers of Utopia
- Pig-Symbol (Alabama) - SNL Weekend Update
- Pleasantville 1998 film
- Pleasantville - Christopher Heath Wellman's nonfiction A Theory of Succession, p. 11
- Pleasure (California) - moronic misidentification of Paradise, California by the worst U.S. President ever
- Plotinus - David Lodge's novel Changing Places
- Port York (State of Manhattan) - James Blish's short story "A Work of Art" in Science Fiction Stories July 1956
- Pluto (North Dakota) - Louise Erdich's novel A Plague of Doves
- Port Canaan - The Crossing television series
- Push (Nevada) - Push, Nevada 2002 ABC television series starring Scarlett Chorvat
Q[]
- Quivira and Cíbola (Seven cities of gold)
R[]
- River City - Philip Wylie's novel Tomorrow! (Beyond Armageddon)
- Riverton (Ohio) - Fit Town Fat Town episode of News Readers with Louis La Fonda
- Roxford (Massachusetts) - I Married a Witch 1942 film
S[]
- Sacremende (California) - "Hand to God" episode of television series Arrested Development, March 6, 2005
- Salvation City (Indiana) - Sigrid Nunez's novel Salvation City
- Santa Mira (California) - Invasion of the Body Snatchers book and film
- Santa Jordania (Arizona) - Chris Beckett's novel America City, p. 71
- Sea Haven - The Truman Show 1998 film
- Seever City (Iowa) - Premier episode of Warehouse 13, Syfy Channel, July 9, 2009
- Slippage City - "Slippage City," a short story in Fred Hoyle's collection Element 79
- Springfield, USA (Cobra Command base) - GI Joe toy line and films
- Sterling (Louisiana) - Arcana Chronicles.
- Stockpool (Pennsylvania) - István Örkény's one minute story My good fellow
- Sunnydale (California) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
- Switchcreek (Tennessee) - Daryl Gregory's novel The Devil's Alphabet
T[]
- Tannersville (New York) revealed as fictional in Richard Russo's novel Bridge of Sighs
- Teller Nuclear Research Facility (New Mexico) - Kevin J. Anderson's Ground Zero, an X Files novel
- Tendonville (Illinois) - David Marusek's novel Mind Over Ship
- Tetropolis - James Blish and Norman L. Knight's novel A Torrent of Faces
- Threestep' (Georgia) - Mary Helen Stefaniak's novel The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia
- Todos Santos (California) - Larry Niven's Oath of Fealty
- Transportation Estates North (Wisconsin) - Gordon Dickson's novel The Space Swimmers
V[]
- Vettsburg (Missouri) - Daniel Quinn's novel After Dachau
- Villa de Tecolutilla - Baby Breksit hoax
- Vineland (California) - Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland
W[]
- Walden Two - B.F. Skinner's novel Walden Two
- Wayward Pines (Idaho) - Blake Crouch's novel Pines and Wayward Pines television series
- West Hall (Vermont) - Jennifer McMahon's The Winter People: A Novel
- Wildgrove (Vermont) - James Morrow's novel This is the Way the World Ends
- Wilhelmina (Georgia) - My Name is Khan 2010 film
- Wormwood (Nevada) - David Oppegaard's novel Wormwood, Nevada
- Wrinkled Bluffs - David Sedaris' novel Naked, brief reference p. 156
Z[]
- Zeneth (Winnmac state) - Sinclair Lewis's novels
External Links[]
- Five Speculative Visions of a Future America James Niccoll. Tor sci-fi