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Fictional Towns

Many of the names below might sound familiar: authors often use historic names for their fictional towns, or in many cases, they use the name of a real community but simply place it in a different part of the state. Check twice if you think you've spotted one of these places on a map. While the name might appear in one place, the town or village described by the novelist exists only in the pages of fiction. From Abbotsville in the west to Killakeet Island on the coast, authors have placed their imaginary communities across the state.

Abbotsville

Aliceville

Altamont

Arundel

Ashewood Falls

Beasley

Bentleyville

Bishop's Bridge

Bowersville

Branch Creek

Buffalo Shoals

Byerly

Celosia

Cleary

Cole Creek

Colleton County

Cottesville

Covington

Diamond Springs

Dune Ridge

East Geddie

Ellenton

Eno

Ephesus

Farleigh

Fulton

Gainesboro

Golden

High Balsam

Hillston

Kenan College

Killakeet Island

Killdeer

Kiss River

Listre

Little Jump Off

Little Roanoke Island

Manceford County

Marshboro

Mitford

Mountain City

Neely

Northfork

Norton

Orfax

Paquenoke County

Parkland

Pinehill

Pisgah County

Poplar Grove

Prosper

Regina

Ridley Branch

Rural Ridge

Russell

Scrabble Creek

Shenandoah County

Smoketown

Sodom

Stockton

Swan's Knob

Tanner's Corner

Tims Creek

Trent

Verbena

Welbourne County

Wells

Whispering Pines



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