Smallest real city/town/village with a TV series set in it

Cafe Society
1

Picket Fences is set in Rome WI. There are actualy two Romes in Wisconsin, but niether matches the fictional Rome (the real ones are way too small and nowhere near Green Bay)

For the purposes of this discusion I define real as:

  1. The names must be the same
  2. The population of the fictional place must be between 50% and 200% of the population of the real place
  3. The location must be close (75 miles?) of the real location
  4. Geograpphy (lakes, rivers, landmarks) must basically match
  5. Charateristics (county seat, whether it is a agriculture or college or mill town) must basically match

By smallest I mean lowest population. I guess of the place the TV series is set rather than metro population (I disallow some 100 person gated community that is just outside a major metro area)

Any guesses?

Brian

2

Well, since you asked for a guess, how about Evening Shade? Is the show about the real town? I think it is, but . . .

Hell, I don’t know.

3

I have seen a BBC documentary program The Village which is about life in a little village called Bentley. I think about 10 series were made. The village is little, having only one pub and one shop.

4

Wings was set in Nantucket, population 6012 (in 1990 when the show started).

5

I think we did this before. anyhow I think it is Bagdad.

No, not that one! I remember it is Bagdad, Arizona. before being a TV series Bagdad Cafe was a movie. the soso series was with Whoopie Goldberg and lasted one season, I think.

As for the city stats:

The population of Bagdad, Arizona is approximately 1,858 (1990).
The approximate number of families is 660 (1990).

6

I’d set my vote for Escanaba in da moonlight with Jeff Daniels, filmed in my hubby’s hometown of Escanaba, MI. He’s a yuper. Eh?

7

Green Acres?

8

Probably Portmeirion, home of The Prisoner.

9

How about Holmfirth, home of Last Of The Summer Wine?

10

Dodge City circa 1855 (Gunsmoke) would have had only a few hundred in population.

Evening Shade, Arkansas has a current population of 1,356.