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A former mill town, Springfield struggled with its "other side of the tracks" identity in the shadow of the more visibly cultured and economically advantaged Eugene i. Principal Skinner may have gotten his name from Eugene Skinner, the founding father of Eugene. With a little bit of imagination you might just see Homer walking down Main Street. Then in the " Smithsonian " reported that Matt had named Springfield, Oregon as the true city behind the show.

He immediately took it back, however; in both he and the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation supported the installation of a large Simpsons mural in historic downtown Springfield, Oregon. Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson, attended the dedication. That's all the evidence we need But if you want to check it out for yourself take the Unofficial Simpsons Tour!

Cookies are used for measurement, ads and optimization. By continuing to use our site you agree to our privacy policy. The Simpsons in Springfield, Oregon D'oh! The Mural Goes Up. Follow the Unofficial Simpsons Tour. More About Springfield, OR. Main Street. I was snapping a picture of it, and the owner came out and invited me in.

It was pretty much as I remember it, except what was incredibly spacious to a little toddler now seemed so much smaller. The guy let me go down to my favorite place of terror, which was the basement. It was the scariest place in the house, and it gave me a lot of nightmares.

I had to go back down and look at the dark room, and I realized that it was just a dusty—dark—cobwebbed little room in the corner of the basement. What did your father do before he became a filmmaker?

He grew up on a Mennonite farm in Kansas, speaking only German until he went to school. After the war, he was a surfer, filmmaker and ardent amateur basketball player. He perfected a basketball shot that he could shoot—without looking—over his head and consistently make from the top of the key. He made that shot for 30 years. My father was very worried that I was going to starve in Hollywood. He loved the show.

He was really pleased with it. The only thing he said was that Homer could never, ever be mean to Marge. He said that was a rule, which corresponds with the way he treated my mother. He was very nice to her. I thought that was a good note. Early on your focus shifted from Bart to Homer. When and why? Did it have anything to do with your own aging? The way I wrote them were Homer being angry and Bart being clueless little jerk, just driven in some weird way to cause trouble.

I knew from the moment we decided to turn the shorts into a TV show that Homer was going to be the star. There are more consequences to him being an idiot. The writers on the show have been there for years. Whatever they want to write about, the animators can draw it. Has your son Homer ever created something with you as a character? Would you be open to that? Of course, turnabout is fair play. That would be great. I very early on named a lot of characters after streets in Portland. I thought it would be amusing for people in Portland to be driving past the alphabetically laid-out streets.

My goal was to name every character after streets in Portland, but we were in a hurry so I dropped that idea. In another way, is the show a way for you to never leave home? So you make everyone else feel comfortable? The southeastern tip of New Hampshire borders the ocean, and Springfield's proximity to the ocean rather than a lake is referenced in some episodes. Though it is more likely a vague exaggeration of Romney's wealth, Romney did in fact own a house in New Hampshire at the time.

New Hampshire also has a nuclear power plant in the southern coastal region of the state. In one episode, Lisa writes a letter to Mr. Burns , and the letter is sent to C. Montgomery Burns, Springfield , New Jersey. Then again, it could be that Marge is simply falling in line with the age-old running gag of Jersey bashing prevalent in The Simpsons, as well as " Futurama ". In " Mother Simpson ", Homer discovers the grave he believed to be that of his mother is actually that of Walt Whitman , who is interred in Camden, New Jersey.

Another observation in favor of New Jersey would be the frequent use of the word "Hoagie" to describe a large sandwich on a roll, a term used almost exclusively in the Philly PA area on the NJ border and all across New Jersey. An example of this is in "Selma's Choice". In one episode, when Homer spills his drink on the nuclear control desk, the 'failure' bleeps red in Upstate NY, suggesting its location to be there.

In The Old Man and the Lisa , Seymour Skinner mentioned that the amount of recycling the Junior Achievers managed to accomplish may have earned them enough money to do a field trip to Albany, New York, with it being implied that Springfield was within driving distance to Albany due to the school bus measurement bar. On a similar note, The City of New York vs.

This river flows primarily through New York, with a small amount in New Jersey. In " Moe Letter Blues ", Moe mentions moving to Springfield because its zip code on a calculator spells "boobs".

This would mean that the zip code is , assigned to Barney, North Dakota. However, in "Kill the Alligator and Run", the family says that they are still welcome in North Dakota, but Bart says that he wants to move to the Dakotas, proving that they do not live there.

This makes the possibility of them living in Ohio questionable, although it is possible that they simply live a short distance away from Dayton. Simpsons creator Matt Groening was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He commented that the fictional Springfield is based on Springfield, Oregon, located south of Portland.

Like the Simpson family, the Groenings lived on Evergreen Terrace. While Portland does not border neither an ocean nor a desert, the Pacific and the Oregon High Desert are relatively close by. Oregon is the birthplace of Hunter Murphy.

Montgomery Burns' name is derived from Portland's Montgomery Park. Groening was a student at Lincoln High School at the time of its construction. However, Groening substituted Bart for his own name. Groening also confirmed recently that Springfield was in fact based on Springfield, Oregon. In " Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em ", Bart is in an arcade with old games, one of which is Polybius, which is said to have only appeared in arcades in the Portland, Oregon area.

In " Stop or My Dog will Shoot! In effort to get out, Homer repeatedly throws Lisa into the air to try and find an exit. The state of Washington is north of the Oregon boarder, so it could mean that the family lives in the Washington state. Oregon is absolutely nowhere near the "heartland", which usually describes the Midwest. At least on one occasion, this was brought into doubt, as seen in " We're on the Road to D'oh-where ", where Homer says "I have to drive to Oregon".

Halfway through said episode, Congressman Bob Arnold is seen offered and accepting a bribe from a logging company which wants to clear-cut the Springfield National Forest , much to Lisa's dismay. Congressman Bob Arnold also poses for a photo shoot with Lisa Simpson it is presumed that he takes part in the photo shoot to boost his popularity in his district, and that the only reason he is seeing Lisa is because she is from this very same district.

In response, Barney says, "If I ever vote, it will be for him. The 'proof' that the Simpsons are from Springfield, South Dakota comes toward the end of the same episode. Just so there is no confusion, there is an amusing picture showing what this might look like. On the other hand, it would seemingly make sense to be bribing the congressman that actually represents the district which includes Mount Rushmore, thereby placing Springfield in South Dakota.

However, South Dakota can also be ruled out since congressman Bob Arnold could be on a natural resources committee in congress and simply knows the lay of the land, but this still doesn't change the fact that the Simpsons are in Congressman Arnold's district. In "Kill the Alligator and Run", when the family are looking at the map, they decide to visit North Dakota, which Bart says that he always wanted to see Mount Rushmore, but is then told by Lisa that it is in South Dakota.

However, it can clearly be seen from the map that the family are banned from the state. Springfield, South Dakota has a population of In " Coming to Homerica ", Milhouse states that they are in Tennessee Titans territory, as he and Bart walk past the Ogdenvillians that have moved to Springfield while wearing Minnesota Vikings jerseys. There is a road sign at the Springfield city limit that lists a distance of miles to Mexico City.

Another reference is in " The Bob Next Door ", where it took the Simpson family only a few minutes to get to Mexico, and since Texas borders the ocean and Mexico, it could be considered the place. However, this can be dismissed, because Texas does not border five different states on one side. Also, in " Radioactive Man ", when the group making the film is looking for a location to film in, there is an ad for Texas and also sees an ad for Springfield, further ruling out this Texas.

In Who Shot Mr. Part Two , Chief Wiggum says "No jury's gonna convict a baby. Uh, maybe Texas", making it even less likely that they are in Texas. It, too, is a Southern state, so the comment about Springfield being in a Northern state provides more evidence.

In "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington ", during the reading of the competition essays, a map of the United States is shown, and pans to different locations to show other competitors speaking. Just before Lisa is shown, the map shows the state Springfield is located in signified by Blinky on the map. The state is the north-western-most state of four states whose boundaries intersect at a single point.

There is only one point in the United States where this occurs, and the northwestern of the four states is Utah. In " Radioactive Man ", the cast and crew of the Radioactive Man movie are looking for a place to film it in. In a listing, Springfield is listed under "Film Utah". Springfield, Virginia has an Army base named Fort Myers, which is twelve miles away. It also has a nuclear power plant that is eighty miles away and has two albeit extinct volcanoes.

Springfield has the Washington Dulles International Airport, which is 27 miles away, and Richmond the state capital also has an airport, named the Richmond International Airport. Virginia did not allow gay marriages at the time; it has been previously stated that the Simpsons' state does not allow gay marriages. Possible suggestions lead to the affirmation that Springfield is in Virginia.

If you use this as a basis, Interstate 95 cuts right through present-day Springfield, Virginia, Tennessee is in the southwest border of Virginia, and Springfield is on the water of Potamic River, at Ft. Belvoir now a museum. Census Bureau with a population of 30, as of the census. Moe has mentioned that American rock singer Dave Grohl was once mugged in Springfield. In " That '90s Show ", the rock music genre Grunge was shown to have been invented in Springfield by Homer's band Sadgasm.

In real life, Grunge originated in Washington state in the mids. Therefore, it is plausible that Springfield is located in Washington. Geographically speaking, the Springfield area shares numerous similarities to Washington. For example, the Springfield area is known to have at least one active volcano, Mt. Washington state similarly has several active volcanoes, including the well-known Mount St.

This could mean that Springfield is either in, or at least close to, the Washington state. Springfield also has an implied proximity to Canada and in real life, Washington state shares its northern border with this country.

Springfield has a district called Little Seattle , which has many similar qualities to Washington's largest city. However, this could have been fake, as she was on the run from the police. In the Powers of 10 couch gag, while the camera zooms out into the universe, it reveals that the Simpson house is located in Springfield, Illinois. While Springfield, Illinois has a Shelbyville fifty miles to the southeast and a nuclear power plant forty miles to the northeast, there has not been any indication that it is the Springfield, and could be coincidental.

However, the show does make an indirect reference to the Illinois city; when Homer is in a graveyard at night digging a plot, discarded dirt covers up the grave of Adlai Stevenson a prominent Illinois politician and two-time US presidential candidate, buried in Bloomington, Illinois, 50 miles to the northeast.

Annoyed Grunt ", Jeremy Freedman quits his job to go work at " Jolly Tamale ", which is a small but somewhat popular Mexican restaurant in Springfield, Illinois. The Simpson family's street, Evergreen Terrace, is a notoriously poor section of Springfield, Illinois.

The Powers of 10 couch gag again left the location of Springfield something of a mystery. While the camera zooms out into the universe, it is seen that Springfield is placed somewhere in the Midwest, probably near the Mississippi River Iowa, or maybe Missouri.

The latter location is also suggested in "Lisa the Tree Hugger" in which Lisa tries to protect Springfield's oldest redwood tree by climbing up and living in it in order to prevent a team from cutting it down.

When looking down on Springfield, she sees a structure resembling the Gateway Arch in St. It should be noted that the Eiffel Tower appears to be closer than the Statue of Liberty, which is impossible. Similarly, Mother Simpson at one point during Homer's reunion with his mother had an American White Pelican landing on Homer and dropping a fish down his pants, implying that Springfield was located near the Mississippi River valley.

In " Marge vs. And by gum, it put them on the map! The map shows North Haverbrook in the Midwest, approximately in Iowa. However, the same map shows Brockway in South Carolina and Ogdenville in the southwest around the California-Arizona border or maybe in New Mexico , despite " Coming to Homerica " showing that Ogdenville is Springfield's neighbor.

It should be noted that since the Springfield Monorail seller was a fraud, the map may not be accurate and made to make sure all three cities fit on the map. In " Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield ", the Simpsons go to the Ogdenville outlet mall in order to get a new television. The sign in Springfield indicates that it is only 90 miles to Ogdenville. Lisa Goes to Washington", when it is Lisa's turn to say her essay, it shows a map where Springfield is in "Illinois".

In "The Springfield Files", Mulder tells Scully that there has been "another unsubstantiated UFO sighting in the heartland of America", referring to Homer's close encounter with an alien who later turns out to be Mr.

Burns under longevity treatment , so Springfield was presumably somewhere in the Midwest. In " My Big Fat Geek Wedding ", Homer suggests that Springfield is within a state bordering the Great Lakes; after Skinner tells Homer if he could just speak to Edna for a moment and Homer tells Skinner that he didn't tell him to say that, Skinner asks Homer why is he taking Homer's advice, and Homer says its because he's successfully married.

Skinner then notices that there is no ring on Homer's finger, so Homer says, "Oh, why did I take it off? Oh, right. To see if I could skip it across Lake Michigan. All radio and television station call signs west of the Mississippi River, except for few grandfathered stations, begin with the letter K while stations east of the Mississippi River begin with the letter W. Also, in " Simpsons Tall Tales ", when the Simpsons arrive on a train to Delaware, they pass the Mississippi River, meaning that they live somewhere west of it.

Springfield, Massachusetts is referenced by the "Springfield Memorial Bridge", which separates Springfield from West Springfield in the show and in Massachusetts. Another Massachusetts reference is that Mayor Quimby and his political machine have similarities to the powerful Kennedy family, including the mayor and his family's thick Boston accent, even though Springfield, Massachusetts natives DO NOT have the famous New England accent.

As for Simpsons writers and producers, more of them attended college in Massachusetts than any other state. This, however, could simply mean nothing. The bridge could be a coincidence, and Quimby may not have grown up in Springfield. In "Mother Simpson", Homer discovers that the tombstone he always thought belonged to his mother actually belongs to Walt Whitman causing Homer to pummel said tombstone and curse " Leaves of Grass , my ass!

Afterwards, a fax is made to Washington D. The first three places are all in the UTC-5 time zone when the Northern Hemisphere is in winter also when the episode was first aired. Also, assuming the sequence of events is meant to show how quickly the authority reacts to tax evasion, that would put Springfield in the North American Eastern Time Zone.

In "Lisa the Iconoclast", it is revealed that settlers founded Springfield in , which was before the Louisiana Purchase. Therefore, Springfield must be east of the Mississippi River. In "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge", Fat Tony and the mafia drives into downtown Springfield past a highway identification sign that very closely resembles United States Interstate signs, and bears the route number The real I is a major north-south route along the east coast of the United States.

It should be noted, however, that this was a parody of The Sopranos , which takes place in New Jersey, through which I runs. There is a Springfield in Virginia through which I runs; while there is no Mechanicsburg in Virginia, there are four communities named Mechanicsville. In " Bart's Comet ", when a comet is threatening to strike Springfield, Professor Frink devises a plan in which a rocket is fired at the comet. The rocket is shown being launched from the Springfield Armory , which was established in Springfield, Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War, and still exists as a historical museum.

In "New Kids on the Blecch", L. Smash is able to drive an aircraft carrier to New York City. In "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", on the map of Krusty Burger locations, Homer points to the one off the east coast, implying that they live on the east coast. There is a strong case for the non-existent state being west of the Mississippi River, particularly somewhere on the west coast. This is supported by the facts that:. It is also possible that if the town was located next to the Mississippi River, they could also receive "W" stations on their radio.

They are rescued by floating towards an unmanned oil rig which nevertheless features the Krusty Burger Oil Rig.