# Smallest real city/town/village with a TV series set in it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363 "2003-01-03T03:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/1 "2003-01-03T03:54:18Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/2 "2003-01-03T03:58:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/3 "2003-01-03T04:18:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/4 "2003-01-03T04:53:05Z")
**Wings** was set in Nantucket, population 6012 (in 1990 when the show started). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/5 "2003-01-03T06:01:33Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/6 "2003-01-03T06:40:56Z")
I’d set my vote for _[Escanaba in da moonlight](http://www.escanabathemovie.com/)_ with Jeff Daniels, filmed in my hubby’s hometown of Escanaba, MI. He’s a yuper. Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/7 "2003-01-03T07:46:17Z")
Green Acres? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/8 "2003-01-03T11:53:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by N9IWP \* > \*\*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 \*\* Probably Portmeirion, home of The Prisoner. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/9 "2003-01-03T11:58:10Z")
How about Holmfirth, home of _Last Of The Summer Wine_? ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-real-city-town-village-with-a-tv-series-set-in-it/146363/10 "2003-01-04T12:30:57Z")
Dodge City circa 1855 (Gunsmoke) would have had only a few hundred in population. Evening Shade, Arkansas has a current population of 1,356.