Elmwood Springs, Missouri

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Elmwood Springs, Missouri is a fictional small Midwestern town created by author Fannie Flagg and featured in several of her interconnected novels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional town
setting in literature
appearsInWork Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven NERFINISHED
Fannie Flagg’s Elmwood Springs series NERFINISHED
Standing in the Rainbow NERFINISHED
The Whole Town’s Talking NERFINISHED
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Fannie Flagg NERFINISHED
creator Fannie Flagg NERFINISHED
depicts American small-town values
changes in American society over decades
fictionalStatus not a real town
hasCharacteristic Midwestern culture
close-knit community
interconnected residents
small town
hasGenre small-town fiction setting
hasNotableFeature cemetery central to The Whole Town’s Talking
main street business district (in the novels)
radio station WDOT (in the novels) NERFINISHED
hasTheme community life
everyday heroism
humor in ordinary life
intergenerational relationships
nostalgia
inspiredBy small Midwestern American towns
languageOfWork English
literaryUniverse Fannie Flagg fictional universe
locatedIn Midwestern United States
Missouri
narrativeFunction backdrop for family sagas
backdrop for social and historical change in 20th-century America
central setting for multiple generations of characters
partOfSeries Elmwood Springs novels
populationType fictional residents spanning several generations
timePeriodDepicted 20th century
early 21st century
usedByAuthor to connect multiple standalone novels

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven settingLocation Elmwood Springs, Missouri
The Whole Town’s Talking settingLocation Elmwood Springs, Missouri