Maycomb County, Alabama

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fictional county fictional location literary setting

Maycomb County, Alabama is the fictional Depression-era Southern town that serves as the primary setting of Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Maycomb, Alabama 4
Maycomb 3
Maycomb County 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional county ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
appearsInGenre Bildungsroman ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorHometown Monroeville, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Atticus Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boo Radley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calpurnia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dill Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jem Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayella Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scout Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Harper Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictsSocialStructure rigid class hierarchy ⓘ
rigid racial hierarchy ⓘ
fictionalStatus fictional ⓘ
firstAppearance novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBodyDepiction Maycomb County government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimateDepiction hot and humid Southern climate ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact symbol of racial injustice in American literature ⓘ
hasEconomyDepiction Depression-era poverty ⓘ
agricultural economy ⓘ
hasInstitution Maycomb County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maycomb County Jail NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maycomb school NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligiousSite First Purchase African M.E. Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeat Maycomb NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasThemeAssociation Jim Crow South NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Gothic atmosphere ⓘ
class divisions ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
languageOfDepiction English ⓘ
legalSystemDepiction Jim Crow–era legal system ⓘ
literarySignificance iconic representation of the American Deep South in fiction ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
modeledOn Monroeville, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction primary setting of Scout Finch’s childhood ⓘ
narrativePerspectiveContext seen through the eyes of Scout Finch ⓘ
settingOf Go Set a Watchman NERFINISHED ⓘ
To Kill a Mockingbird NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Jem Finch → associatedWith → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb community
Jack Finch → basedInWork → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb County
Jack Finch → fictionalUniverse → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb, Alabama
Calpurnia → livesIn → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb
Jem Finch → livesIn → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb
Alexandra Finch → residence → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb County, Alabama (fictional)
Boo Radley → residence → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb, Alabama
Maudie Atkinson → residence → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb, Alabama
Mayella Ewell → residence → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb County
Bob Ewell → residesIn → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb County
Dill Harris → runsTo → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb
Bob Ewell → settingOfLife → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alabama (fictional Maycomb)
Tom Robinson → settingPlace → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
Dill Harris → visits → Maycomb County, Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maycomb, Alabama