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 ...

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 ...

After nearly 25 years, the secret is finally out! Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, revealed to Smithsonian magazine which of the United States' Springfields inspired the location for Fox's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Hundreds of people turned out for the festivities as a mural honoring "The Simpsons" was unveiled in Springfield, Oregon. On hand for Monday's big event was actress Yeardley ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore.SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — 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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the animated ...

One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the animated hometown of Homer and ...