List of fictional towns in literature

This is a list of fictional towns in literature.

Town name Author Origin Notes A Abbot's-Cernel, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Cerne Abbas, DorsetAbbotsea, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Abbotsbury, DorsetAdenville, UtahJohn D. FitzgeraldThe Great Brain and other books in the Great Brain series Adenville is a small town in Utah, around AD 1900.Adytum"Metaphysician" & variousSCP Foundation The lost Eurasian capital of the fallen Daevite and Kalmaktama empires, and a legendary holy place in SarkicismAlagadda"tinwatchman", "Metaphysician", & variousSCP Foundation Also named SCP-2264-B. An Italian city-state banished from Earth due to the dealings of its corrupt monarch, the Hanged King. Based on CarcosaAldbrickham, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Reading, BerkshireAlfredston, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Wantage, OxfordshireAlgonquin Bay, CanadaGiles BluntForty Words for Sorrow, Blackfly Season, By the Time You Read This, Crime Machine Algonquin Bay is a small town in Northern Ontario, a fictionalized version of the city of North Bay.AlissarLyon Sprague de CampNovarian series A Novarian city-stateAl-YbiTerry PratchettDiscworld Al-Ybi is a mostly unremarkable desert city in Klatch. Al-Ybi's reputation for boringness has entered it in folklore as the place where Klatchians invented the concept of zero.AmberRoger ZelaznyThe Chronicles of Amber Anchester, EnglandH. P. LovecraftThe Rats in the Walls Anchorage-in-VinelandPhilip ReeveMortal Engines Quartet Anchorage-in-Vineland is the static and stable version of the previously mobile Traction City of Anchorage. The city had decided to stop wandering the Arctic wastes and settle in the green and unspoilt land of Vineland, on what was left of the continent of North America, some millennia after the Sixty Minute War devastated Earth.Anglebury, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Wareham, DorsetAnkh-MorporkSir Terry PratchettDiscworld The principal setting for most of the novels of the series, it is viewed as being the foremost city on the Disc.AnokulFrigyes KarinthyLepketáncAnokul is the capital of Va-Kong.AnsulUrsula K. Le GuinVoices It is the setting of the second novel in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy. Once famed as a center of learning, but it was invaded and subjugated by the Alds, a desert people who believe the written word to be evil.AramanthWilliam NicholsonWind On Firefictional walled city in the world of William Nicholson's Wind On Fire trilogy. It is destroyed in the second book, Slaves of the Mastery when Ortiz and his raiding company attack and take the whole population (minus Kestrel) as slaves for the Mastery. Aramanth later becomes part of the Sovereignty of Gang under Bowman and Sisi's leadership.Arkham, MassachusettsH. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft's work & Cthulhu MythosÁrkod, HungaryMagda SzabóAbigélÁrkod is a town, close to the east borders of Hungary. The main setting of the novel. The town is based on Debrecen and Hódmezővásárhely.Arnette, TexasStephen KingThe StandAsgardJack LondonThe Iron HeelAtlantisPlatoTimaeus & CritiasAvonlea, Prince Edward IslandLucy Maud MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesAziz BaldaC. S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia A city south of the Calormen capital, Tashbaan. Aziz Balda is a hub where many roads meet, and lays host to the Calormene government's postal system. B Baksonwille, ColoradoJenő RejtőTigrisvérBalting City, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szellemeBarchester, EnglandAnthony TrollopeChronicles of BarsetshireBayportFranklin W. DixonThe Hardy BoysBear CountryStan and Jan BerenstainThe Berenstain BearsBeardsley, New EnglandVladimir NabokovLolitaBeardstown, IndianaRoss Lockridge Jr.Raintree CountyBeerlightSteve AylettThe Crime StudioBeldingville, VermontEleanor H. PorterPollyannaBelisaereGarth NixOld KingdomBellonaSamuel R. DelanyDhalgrenBelvedere, OhioThomas HarrisThe Silence of the LambsBerylonPatricia A. McKillipSong for the BasiliskBes PelargicTerry PratchettDiscworld A harbor town in the Agatean EmpireBibliopolis, AlabamaTom SharpeThe Great Pursuit Stereotypical Southern USA Bible Belt townBig Cherry, USATracy LettsThe MinutesBirkham, ColoradoJenő RejtőTigrisvér Blackbury, EnglandTerry PratchettTruckersBogdanski DolinaÁdám BodorAz érsek látogatásaBogdanski Dolina is a town in Eastern Europe, the location of which is difficult to determine.BoaktisLyon Sprague de CampNovarian series A Novarian city-stateBoston Atlanta Metropolitan AxisWilliam GibsonNeuromancerBönkTerry PratchettDiscworld Pronounced , it is a town in Überwald.BordertownTerri WindlingBorderlandBraavosGeorge R. R. MartinA Song of Ice and FireBrackhampton, EnglandAgatha ChristieMiss Marple seriesBraintree, TexasStephen KingThe StandBramshurst, Upper WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Lyndhurst, HampshireBreeJ. R. R. TolkienThe Lord of the RingsBrewer, PennsylvaniaJohn UpdikeRabbit series Briceland, New HampshireVladimir NabokovLolita Brockton Bay, USAJohn "Wildbow" McCraeWorm Buckkeep TownRobin HobbThe Realm of the UnderlingsBudleigh Babberton, EnglandJ. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-blood Prince Located somewhere in southern EnglandBudmouth, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Weymouth, DorsetBursley, EnglandArnold BennettAnna of the Five TownsBusytownRichard ScarryBest Word Book Ever C Cantrip, USAVladimir NabokovLolita Cape Random, NewfoundlandBernice MorganRandom Passage CapronaDiana Wynne JonesThe Magicians of Caprona Caprona is a sovereign city-state in the world of the Chronicles of Chrestomanci series.CarcosaAmbrose BierceAn Inhabitant of Carcosa Carcosa is an ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.Caslin, NebraskaStephen KingThe Stand Casterbridge, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Dorchester, DorsetCastle Rock, MaineStephen KingThe Dead Zone Castle Rock is a town and the county seat of Castle County.Cedar CoveDebbie MacomberCedar Cove and Rose Harbor series A quaint, picturesque town on an island in Puget Sound in Washington stateCenterboro, New YorkWalter R. BrooksThe Freddy the Pig book seriesCentennial, ColoradoJames MichenerCentennial Chalk Newton, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Maiden Newton, DorsetChampion, USAVladimir NabokovLolita Chaseborough, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Cranborne, DorsetChasm CityAlastair ReynoldsRevelation Space Chester's MillStephen KingUnder the DomeChinquapin, LouisianaRobert HarlingSteel MagnoliasChipping Cleghorn, EnglandAgatha ChristieMiss Marple seriesChristminster, North WessexThomas HardyJude the Obscure Correlates to the real-life Oxford, OxfordshireChronopolisJ. G. BallardChronopolis CittàgazzePhilip PullmanHis Dark Materials seriesCity of the Happy PrinceOscar WildeThe Happy Prince and Other Stories City of the Iron FishSimon IngsCity of the Iron Fish Clanton, MississippiJohn GrishamA Time to KillSeveral of Grisham's other novels also take place, in whole or in part, in Clanton.Cleaves Mills, MaineStephen KingThe Dead Zone CleopolisEdmund SpenserThe Faerie QueeneCliff Martin, Outer WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Combe Martin, DevonClimax, USAVladimir NabokovLolitaClochemerleGabriel ChevallierClochemerle 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 (public urinal) near the village church. The term Clochemerle has entered French as a term to describe "petty, parochial squabbling".Cobhole, EssexG. K. ChestertonFather Brown Connicted, TexasJenő RejtőTexas Bill, a fenegyerek Cool Clary, EnglandChristopher FryThe Lady's Not for Burning Co-Op CityStephen KingThe Running ManCopper City, ArizonaJenő RejtőPokol a hegyek között Copper City is a little, poor town, which located next to the Colorado River.Cranford, North WessexElizabeth GaskellCranford, My Lady Ludlow, Mr. Harrison's Confessions Cranford is a village in the county of Cheshire in North West England, based on Knutsford.Cresscombe, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Letcombe Bassett, BerkshireCricket CreekEvelyn Sibley LampmanThe Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket CreekCsarnikot, EuropeErvin LázárVérengző Alfréd D DaevabadS. A. ChakrabortyThe Daevabad Trilogy DaleJ. R. R. TolkienThe Hobbit Daleport, USA"Tanhony" & "FlameShirt"SCP FoundationAlso known as SCP-1936 and Nexus-37. Daleport is a New England coastal town that has been uninhabited by humans since 1997, when a cult named the Victor Society summoned multiple bizarre and violent deities in an attempt to 'cleanse' the town.DarnleyPhilip George ChadwickThe Death Guard Darrowby, YorkshireJames HerriotIt Shouldn't Happen to a Vet DarujhistanSteven EriksonGardens of the Moon Darujhistan is a large city on the continent Genebackis.Dead River, MaineJack KetchumOff Season and several worksDeansleigh, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Romsey, HampshireDenton, EnglandR. D. WingfieldA Touch of Frost Denton is a town in southern England, in either Berkshire, Oxfordshire, or Wiltshire.Denver Hill, ArizonaJenő RejtőTexas Bill, a fenegyerek Derry, MaineStephen KingThe Bird and the Album Mentioned in several stories, Derry first appeared as the main setting in It.Desperation, NevadaStephen kingDesperation DhagabadAnna KashinaThe Princess of Dhagabad DiasparArthur C. ClarkeThe City and the Stars DictionopolisNorton JusterThe Phantom Tollbooth DigitopolisNorton JusterThe Phantom TollboothDiomiraItalo CalvinoInvisible CitiesDisDante AlighieriDivine ComedyDis is the city containing the lower circles of Hell.DobrinÁdám BodorThe Sinistra ZoneDobrin is a village in Eastern Europe, the location of which is difficult to determine.DoroteaItalo CalvinoInvisible CitiesDownstaple, Lower WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Barnstaple, DevonDras-leonaChristopher PaoliniEragonIt is the second biggest city in Alagaesia after Uru'Baen.Duchy of Grand FenwickLeonard WibberleyThe Mouse that Roared DumdrudgeThomas CarlyleSartor Resartus Dunwich, MassachusettsH. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft's work & Cthulhu MythosDuPray, South CarolinaStephen KingThe InstituteDurnover, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's Wessex Correlates to the real-life Fordington, Dorset E Earlcastle, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesWigleigh is a town in South West England.Earth CityChristopher PriestInverted WorldEast VillageMiriam ToewsA Complicated Kindness, All My Puny Sorrows Correlates to the real-life Steinbach, ManitobaEastwick, LondonJulian BarnesMetrolandEastwick, Rhode IslandJohn UpdikeThe Witches of EastwickEdgestow, EnglandC. S. LewisThat Hideous StrengthEdenfeldAndrew UngerOnce RemovedCorrelates to the real-life Steinbach, ManitobaEdorasJ. R. R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings The capital of RohanEl DoradoVoltaireCandideA fabled city of gold located in South AmericaElk Tooth, WyomingAnnie ProulxBad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2A town with 80 residents.Elphistone, USAVladimir NabokovLolitaEl-YsaTerry PratchettDiscworld This is a village in Klatch whose inhabitants were killed when their well was poisoned.EmberJeanne DuPrauThe City of Ember Emerald CityL. Frank BaumVarious Oz BooksThe Emerald City is the capital of the Land of Oz. It is entirely (in the first books) or mostly (in later books) green. The city is made of green glass, emeralds, and other jewels.Emminster, South WessexThomas Har