In the Simpsons, what American state is Springfield in ?

Answer 1

There's no answer to the question. That's the point! It's fun for the citizens of Springfields in different states to think the Simpsons are from their town. The idea was to make the family more realistic because many American families can find much in common with the Simpsons.
There is a series where they show a map with the crossed out states which the Simpsons are forbidden to visit because of the harm they've caused. There are about only 2 states left uncrossed. Don't remember which. Find the series and watch. But still, I doubt you'll find the answer there.

Answer 2

They never say, but i do know theres a Springfield in the Massachusetts area and if its anything like the rest of the MA area i saw whilst over there recently its far nicer than the Springfield in the Simpsons.

Answer 3

it could be any 1 of these:
Springfield, Alabama x4
Springfield, Arkansas x2
Springfield, California
Springfield, Colorado
Springfield, Florida x2
Springfield, Georgia x9
Springfield, Idaho
Springfield, Iowa
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, Indiana x2
Springfield, Kentucky
Springfield, Louisiana
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Maryland x4
Springfield, Maine
Springfield, Michigan x2
Springfield, Minnesota
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield, Mississippi
Springfield, North Carolina x4
Springfield, Nebraska
Springfield, New Hampshire
Springfield, New Jersey x2
Springfield, New York
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield, Oregon
Springfield, Pennsylvania x2
Springfield, South Carolina x3
Springfield, South Dakota
Springfield, Tennessee x2
Springfield, Texas x3
Springfield, Virginia x8
Springfield, Virgin Islands
Springfield, Vermont
Springfield, Wisconsin
Springfield, West Virginia

Answer 4

They never tell you. Apparently they picked the name Springfield as it's the most common American town name, so that no-one could point the finger and say it was based on a specific place.

Answer 5

They have and probably never will say where the Simpsons live as far as their state! That's is the fun of the show

Answer 6

There are a lot of Springfields. But I always imagined it in Illinois.

Answer 7

They've never told you, I've always thought it was on the east coast because they said in one highway "let's go home" and went on a highway that's only running down in the east coast.

Wikipedia has a lot on the possible states:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_%28The_Simpsons%29

There is actually a pretty strong case for New Jersey.

Answer 8

the theory is oregon... matt groenig (sp?) is from oregon and alot of people think that he modeled it after the town near Eugene... there are lots of similarities and name similarities (street/people names) between the show and the town.... but he's never really said that i know of

Answer 9

That is as hard to answer as Whats the meaning of life?

Answer 10

It isnt. They never tell you, and everytime they look at a map or something, something is in the way