Debra Gruell, Executive Director of the Springfield Museum, sits on the The Simpsons Couch at the museum Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Springfield, Ore. One of the best-kept secrets in television ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of ...

(CBS News) For 23 seasons, "The Simpsons" have lived at 742 Evergreen Terrace in Springfield. But it was never specified which of the nation's many Springfields they called home. Now, series creator ...

The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot, ...

Well, you may have suspected it but now it's confirmed: Twenty-five years after The Simpsons debut on television, Portland-born creator Matt Groening says the show's setting is named after Springfield ...

It took 23 seasons and over 500 episodes to find out, but The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has finally revealed the location of Springfield: Oregon! The home of the Simpsons is named after the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of ...

It's the town that inspired the much-loved fictional town of Springfield, but this one has 41 - not five - Simpsons living in it. After 23 seasons of tantalising secrets, Simpsons creator Matt ...

Springfield, Oregon is 100 miles south of Groening's hometown of Portland, where he grew up in Evergreen Terrace – the same name as The Simpsons' family home. "Springfield was named after Springfield, ...

Since the animated show began in 1989 the question of which town provides the backdrop for it has been hotly debated by viewers, but remained a closely guarded secret. Groening has now confirmed he ...

The last thing Tony Case remembers before being shot at Thurston High School on May 21, 1998 was helping a friend campaign for the student council. One minute, the 17-year-old junior was handing out ...