fictional town

Imaginary small community

A fictional town is an invented settlement that exists only within a story, game, or other creative work.

Some fictional towns become cultural touchstones: Mayberry represents small-town American nostalgia, Gotham City stands for urban decay and crime.

The novel is set in a fictional town in the Midwest.

Writers often use fictional towns to explore real social dynamics without the constraints of actual geography.

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Hawkins · Gotham City · Atlantis · Shangri-La · Avalon · Deadwood · Pawnee · El Dorado · Lake Wobegon · Springfield · Bedford Falls · Metropolis · Emerald City · Sleepy Hollow · Sunnydale · Silent Hill · Smallville · invented

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existence/reality status

fictional townhistorical town

Community of documented antiquity

physical location · geographical location

scale of fictional settlement

fictional townfictional city

Nonexistent place in stories

fictional nation · fictional world · fictional universe

Family

town, fictional

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