Grover's Corners

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Grover's Corners is a fictional small New England town that serves as the quintessential American community in Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional town
setting of a play
appearsIn Our Town NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Thornton Wilder NERFINISHED
depictedAs quintessential American community
small town
fictionalCounty Sutton County NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Our Town NERFINISHED
governedBy Board of Selectmen NERFINISHED
hasCemeteryName Gibbs Memorial Cemetery NERFINISHED
hasCharacterLivingIn Dr. Gibbs NERFINISHED
Emily Webb NERFINISHED
George Gibbs NERFINISHED
Mr. Webb NERFINISHED
Mrs. Gibbs NERFINISHED
Mrs. Webb NERFINISHED
hasFeature Main Street NERFINISHED
cemetery
farms
hills
hasInstitution First Congregational Church NERFINISHED
Grover's Corners High School NERFINISHED
Methodist Church NERFINISHED
railroad station
town hall
hasMinorityGroup Polish Catholics
hasNarrativeRole illustrates death
illustrates everyday life
illustrates marriage
hasNewspaper Grover's Corners Sentinel NERFINISHED
hasReligion Catholicism NERFINISHED
Protestantism NERFINISHED
hasSchool Grover's Corners High School NERFINISHED
hasStageManagerDescription ordinary town in northern New Hampshire
hasStateExaminerVisit Professor Willard NERFINISHED
languageOfDepiction English
locatedIn New England
New Hampshire
medium theatre
nearRiver Pocumtuck River NERFINISHED
population about 2642
populationCensusYear 1901
timeSettingEnd 1913
timeSettingStart 1901
usedAs symbol of typical American town
workPublicationYear 1938

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Our Town setting Grover's Corners