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Was it in the south? Mid-west?

I don't think they ever give a real answer to that. It is suggested that it might be closer to the west coast, since there was a PJ and BH crossover. Then again, there is a few episodes where it is snowing and then others where the winter is hot rather than cold. In all honesty, I think Hooterville is where ever you want it to be.

Anyone who watches this show knows that Hooterville is in the Twilight Zone.

As mentioned elsewhere in regard to the Henning series: Paul Henning's wife was from Missouri, and her tales of her own childhood inspired the premise for Petticoat Junction -- which of course led to Green Acres later. Something to keep in mind, though no region is ever specified on the shows themselves.

Anyone who watches this show knows that Hooterville is in the Twilight Zone.
I think that's the best answer right there lol

This has been asked many times, and the best answer is the one above.

Take Highway 125, get off at Junction 89, take a right, go two miles and turn left at the little red barn, go two blocks and turn right on forest retreat road and that will lead you right into Hootersville.

on a GREEN ACRES website I found (I forget the address) it says it's left up to your imagination where it is.

Take Highway 125, get off at Junction 89, take a right, go two miles and turn left at the little red barn, go two blocks and turn right on forest retreat road and that will lead you right into Hootersville.

Really!, Seriously I wanna check this out! :lol:

Hooterville (Hootersville, as Lisa calls it) is located in Your Backyard, USA.

I think it's funny that the part of Hooterville that was on "Green Acres" was psycho and always full of crazy people and the part that was on "Petticoat Junction" was just the opposite.

Hooterville (Hootersville, as Lisa calls it) is located in Your Backyard, USA.

I think it's funny that the part of Hooterville that was on "Green Acres" was psycho and always full of crazy people and the part that was on "Petticoat Junction" was just the opposite.
yea I always found that funny too.

I think it's in Southern California next to Pixley.

I believe Hooterville is halfway between Mayfield and Hilldale!

On the Christmas episode Lisa stated it was 80 degrees, so it had to be somewhere in the South. There were also a couple of episodes where they got frost, but that can occur in the south.

I think it's in Southern California next to Pixley.


I drove through Pixley, California a few times visiting friends up in Central California. It's a little farm town, not much different than fictional Pixley. (It's about 3 hours or so from Los Angeles but a world of difference, very rural) . And there is a railroad that runs along there too! They did name the town after the real Pixley! But I think based on the accents and Paul Henning having relatives from Missouri, that Hooterville would be around there. They mention Chicago being the closest big city though, so I'm thinking around where Southwestern Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas are, and I believe Tennessee and Kentucky are close to that area too.. Check out a map of that part of the country and you will see what I mean! ;)

Of course, as far as any California claims: Remember that on The Beverly Hillbillies, the Clampetts and Mr. Drysdale visited Hooterville, and Sam Drucker paid a visit to Beverly Hills. And none of these were short trips by any means, as in-state would be. Cali ruled out -- sorry comedyfreak.

and once on BH the Clampetts asked Miss Hathaway to drive them to Hooterville and she said "We'd better leave now, since it'll take us most of the night."

Of course, as far as any California claims: Remember that on The Beverly Hillbillies, the Clampetts and Mr. Drysdale visited Hooterville, and Sam Drucker paid a visit to Beverly Hills. And none of these were short trips by any means, as in-state would be. Cali ruled out -- sorry comedyfreak.

That's true, but they weren't exactly driving state of the art vehicles. In an old truck, it would take quite a long time to get from Pixley, CA to Beverly Hills. They would have had to go over the mountains. Imagine trying to do that in a rickety old truck! :lol:

Bakersfield, Pixley, Tulare County etc were places where Dust Bowl "immigrants" settled. You can indeed find people who have literally spent their entire lives in CA who sound like they're fresh off the bus from Oklahoma-the accent has somehow lived on in later generations.

If you watch the episode where Hooterville's Sam Drucker visits Beverly Hills, I believe it's stated that he arrived via airplane. Not a very likely mode of transportation if Hooterville were in southern Calif...!!

Sorry, but to put it bluntly, anyone who thinks Hooterville was in CA must be on drugs or drunk. It's just not so.

I read somewhere that Paul Henning purposely made it so it would be difficult to pinpoint an exact location.

If you watch the episode where Hooterville's Sam Drucker visits Beverly Hills, I believe it's stated that he arrived via airplane. Not a very likely mode of transportation if Hooterville were in southern Calif...!!

Sorry, but to put it bluntly, anyone who thinks Hooterville was in CA must be on drugs or drunk. It's just not so.


LOL @ On drugs or drunk!!! :lol:

I agree, I don't think Hooterville is in California either! The only thing is why they named a town near Hooterville (Pixley) after a town in California,that is near a railroad track too?:confused:

Other that that, I still go for somewhere near Southern Missouri ( Read my post on the previous page) ! ;) Oh and I meant to say Paul Henning's wife had relatives in Missouri, not Paul Henning.

I read somewhere that Paul Henning purposely made it so it would be difficult to pinpoint an exact location.


Exactly! Like I just posted about naming a neighboring Hooterville town after a California town? Throwing people off track (no pun intended) not referring to the Cannon ball train track! :D Having people speculate that Hooterville wouldn't be in the Southern Midwest or the deep south (where is seems like it would be, judging by the characters) , but in California or somewhere else even! :confused:

There are also communities in Kansas and Wyoming referred to as Pixley. Pixley is also the name of a township in Illinois. So a writer likely had heard the name and stole it for use on the Henning sitcoms, whether from California or not. It's very common in the U.S. for several states to share a community name. (Look at all of the places named Lakeville, for example.)

I think it's crazy to follow the Pixley angle, but I get tired of trying to convince people that the Henning shows obviously took place in the southern, midwestern U.S. states.

Another clue, that it isn't on the West Coast.

On a season 2 ep of Petticoat Junction that was on yesterday, there was a top secret air force camera that falls from an airplane flying over Hooterville ! When the pilot is explaining where it fell, he is saying that Hooterville is somewhere EAST of the Rockies !!!

My understanding is that this was where the Beverly Hillbillies were from, and Hooterville or Pixley was the county seat. Wasn't Green Acres basically The Beverly Hillbillies in reverse?

Petticoat Junction folks and Green Acres folks were from the same place of course. A lot of the same characters played on both shows! The Douglases moved to Hooterville from NY.

My understanding was the Clampetts were from the Hills somewhere like Tennessee . And Hooterville and Pixley , I believe to be Southeastern Missouri/ Southwestern Illinois which isn't too far from Tennessee. But not right around the corner. And Pearl and Kate were distant cousins!

Green Acres had folks that came from the big city to a farming area and Beverly hillbillies had folks that came from a rural area to the city, but they weren't coming from the Hooterville/Pixley area.

My understanding was the Clampetts were from the Hills somewhere like Tennessee .

Granny (Daisy) Moses on The Beverly Hillbillies was definitely from Tennessee. She states several times that the Moses family was from the hills of Tenn. As far as the Clampetts & Bodines though, it's never specified as to the state.

I wanted to add too that Pixley was definitely a bigger town than Hooterville. It may have been stated on Petticoat Junction that Pixley was the county seat, but I can't recall. Regardless, if either is the county seat it's much more likely Pixley.

One other thing regarding Hooterville is that if you consider the crops being grown on Green Acres, they are certainly consistent with things produced in the midwest and south -- as opposed to California crops, many of which can't easily be grown in other climates.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley


A link you might find interesting. I never saw any grapes or oranges being grown in Hooterville! :lol:

But the Clampett's knew Sam Drucker and wasn't there an episode where all the cast from all three series did a Christmas episode?

But the Clampett's knew Sam Drucker and wasn't there an episode where all the cast from all three series did a Christmas episode?


Yes!! And Granny also came to visit when Betty Jo had Kathy Jo! ;) I'm guessing that since Pearl and Kate were supposed to be distant cousins the Clampetts visited her in Hooterville years before and that is how they know Sam!;)


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I have another reason why I don't think Hooterville is in California!

If it was in Central California where the farming/rural area is. That is only about 3 hours drive from Los Angeles! I don't think Lisa would be that upset if she lived so close to LA! Fantastic shopping, restaurants all the stuff NY would have to offer. I mean she couldn't go there everyday. But Oliver and her sure could take some weekend trips there. Also San Francisco is only a few hours away too. Plus it wouldn't be far to go to the beautiful beaches along the central coast.

They always are saying how Hooterville was in the middle of nowhere, central, rural California seems like it is in the mid west or the South but it isn't far from big cities! As I said, Lisa probably wouldn't have been that upset to live there if it was in California!

I always thought Hooterville was in Illinois because there was an episode of Petticoat Junction from season one where a contest was held and the winner would win a trip to Chicago. On Green Acres, Oliver would take trips over to Chicago. I think in the pilot or 2nd episode, Lisa thought Chicago may be near Hooterville as she got her hopes that they'd be able to go. So that is why I thought Hooterville in Illinois.

ThomasE, your answer seems to be logical, if all the information are facts.
Here is my take on it,since some say it is in the south.
I think it could be in Georgia, at GA-89 N/US-441 N.
This is the location of Homerville,Georgia and could be a parody of that location.
Back in the 1960's,that could have called the middle of nowhere,since development in the 300 mile radius,or more,did not take off until the late 1970's.

Homerville Georgia is only about 100 miles from Jacksonville and even closer to other coastal cities making for easy day trips. I think Hooterville would have to be inconvenient driving to the nearest metro area or Oliver would have taken Lisa at least semi-regularly to keep her from "farm fever" and grab himself a choice meal once in awhile. Maybe he did, but they never showed it, he never seemed to lose any weight from not eating Lisa's "cooking" :p

In one episode, Oliver does clearly mention Chicago being somewhere in the proximity of "300 miles" from Hooterville. If we're to take this as fact, it would rule out a lot of distant location hypotheses.

I'm still sticking to my theory that Hooterville is in the tri state area of Southeastern Missouri /Southwestern Illinois /Northern Arkansas area! Which basically would be the Ozarks!

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or not but in "The Beverly Hillbillies" episode "Christmas in Hooterville", the characters are not wearing any coats and it appears to be warm. So, wherever Hooterville is, it's not cold in December.

in that episode, they aren't wearing coats when they're on the plane, but when they arrive at their cabin they're wearing them along with hats and Mr. Brewster's wearing one too. Also in the next episode which is the second part of that one it's snowing and at the beginning Jed, Granny & Jethro are sitting by the fire because it's so cold.

in that episode, they aren't wearing coats when they're on the plane, but when they arrive at their cabin they're wearing them along with hats and Mr. Brewster's wearing one too. Also in the next episode which is the second part of that one it's snowing and at the beginning Jed, Granny & Jethro are sitting by the fire because it's so cold.
I think you're talking about the episode "Home for Christmas". I'm talking about the episode "Christmas in Hooterville" from season 7 when Granny and the clan visit The Shady Rest hotel.

I think you're talking about the episode "Home for Christmas". I'm talking about the episode "Christmas in Hooterville" from season 7 when Granny and the clan visit The Shady Rest hotel.
oh ok.I've never seen that one.

As mentioned elsewhere in regard to the Henning series: Paul Henning's wife was from Missouri, and her tales of her own childhood inspired the premise for Petticoat Junction -- which of course led to Green Acres later. Something to keep in mind, though no region is ever specified on the shows themselves.

Oh, I was just on the Petticoat Junction thread and I think a poster there mentioned... rural Illinois?

I'll check back there and repost here, unless this thread eventually solves the mystery, and I just arrived here.

:)

I'm still sticking to my theory that Hooterville is in the tri state area of Southeastern Missouri /Southwestern Illinois /Northern Arkansas area! Which basically would be the Ozarks!

This seems to fit the location offered by the poster over on the Petticoat Junction forum, and in the Ozarks, Hooterville would be relatively close to Bugtussle, et cetera?

:)

Yes!! And Granny also came to visit when Betty Jo had Kathy Jo! ;) I'm guessing that since Pearl and Kate were supposed to be distant cousins the Clampetts visited her in Hooterville years before and that is how they know Sam!;)


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Yes, the family connection was made pretty clear, but there was no specific statements as to locations of their former homes?

ThomasE, your answer seems to be logical, if all the information are facts.
Here is my take on it,since some say it is in the south.
I think it could be in Georgia, at GA-89 N/US-441 N.
This is the location of Homerville,Georgia and could be a parody of that location.
Back in the 1960's,that could have called the middle of nowhere,since development in the 300 mile radius,or more,did not take off until the late 1970's.

Could be, but Hooterville folks seemed to never be quite "Deep South" enough to be all the way down here in Georgia or Alabama. I always kind of imagined more rural areas that didn't have the "twang" the South would give their accents and attitudes... see Andy Griffith Show and Hee Haw for more of that style.

I always thought Hooterville was in Illinois because there was an episode of Petticoat Junction from season one where a contest was held and the winner would win a trip to Chicago. On Green Acres, Oliver would take trips over to Chicago. I think in the pilot or 2nd episode, Lisa thought Chicago may be near Hooterville as she got her hopes that they'd be able to go. So that is why I thought Hooterville in Illinois.

I think you've nailed it.

:)

I've uncovered what I believe is the best evidence yet for Hooterville's location.

Consider the following:
S2/Ep06 : "One of Our Assemblymen is Missing" - it's revealed Hooterville resides in the Kangaroo State
S4/Ep10 : "How Hooterville was Floundered" - it's revealed there are 52 governors in the USA
S6/Ep20 : "King Oliver I" - it's revealed the state motto is "Have a Good Day"

In our reality there are 50 states and 50 governors (plus DC). In Green Acres there is a 51st state, the Kangaroo State, with state motto "Have a Good Day".

We can assume this new landmass is somewhere in the northeast part of the country, reasonably close to Chicago due to how frequently that city is mentioned.

My Vote Tennessee because of Granny & Jed came from that area +-

Can't be Northeast because it's not 80 degrees in the wintertime there.

Tennessee could be plausible, seeing as how our weather is so chaotic here....we literally started Oct in the 90s and ended it in the 30s!

BUT we know Hooterville is 300 miles from Chicago as Oliver once stated, so it could be 300 miles in any direction....for some reason I always wanted to think it was in Iowa or Kansas.

If you wanted to surmise it was up North, I guess you could say it was close to St. Olaf, Rose's hometown from Golden Girls lol The way she described St. Olaf sounded a lot like Hooterville.

There are 397.50 miles from Nashville to Chicago

As mentioned elsewhere in regard to the Henning series: Paul Henning's wife was from Missouri, and her tales of her own childhood inspired the premise for Petticoat Junction -- which of course led to Green Acres later. Something to keep in mind, though no region is ever specified on the shows themselves.

They never specified a state because that state would be HUMILIATED! :lol:

Though Chicago seems to be the closest regular airport before one has to take tinier commuter flights then buses and finally the Cannonball to Hooterville. Oddly enough, Lisa seems to think Hooterville is not located in the Midwest! Even Oliver's mother doesn't seem to know the state but just keeps saying 'Hooterville' until the agent somehow pinpoints the locale when making reservations with a travel agent from NYC! So I guess it's somewhere within roughly a day's travel from Chicago NOT located in the Midwest. And its elevation changes from just 18 inches to thousands of feet depending on the episode!

Though Chicago seems to be the closest regular airport before one has to take tinier commuter flights then buses and finally the Cannonball to Hooterville. Oddly enough, Lisa seems to think Hooterville is not located in the Midwest! Even Oliver's mother doesn't seem to know the state but just keeps saying 'Hooterville' until the agent somehow pinpoints the locale when making reservations with a travel agent from NYC! So I guess it's somewhere within roughly a day's travel from Chicago NOT located in the Midwest. And its elevation changes from just 18 inches to thousands of feet depending on the episode!

Its odd though, on the Beverlly Hillbillies, when the Clampetts take a trip to Hooterville they make it sound not that far from California. lol

Back in the early 1970s I thought that Hooterville was in New England or Upstate New York.

It's about 300 miles west of Mayfield, but we don't know where that is, either.

Hmmm
Is that near Bryant Park (My 3 Sons) ?

I'm still sticking to my theory that Hooterville is in the tri state area of Southeastern Missouri /Southwestern Illinois /Northern Arkansas area! Which basically would be the Ozarks!

I'm sticking with this . :);)

Consider the following:
S2/Ep06 : "One of Our Assemblymen is Missing" - it's revealed Hooterville resides in the Kangaroo State


But doesn't Oliver point out that it's not the Kangaroo State? I don't think he'd have to do that unless Hooterville was in Australia.