Matt Groening Says Simpsons' Springfield Is In Oregon (Take That, Ohio)

By COREY PEIN

A long debate has finally and decisively been settled.

Matt Groening, "The Simpsons" creator and Portland native, tells Smithsonian magazine that he named the famous fictional city after the Oregon city.

The relevant section of the interview:

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