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."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire 2
Grover's Corners canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional town
setting of a play
appearsIn Our Town
linked to: Our Town (play)
country United States
createdBy Thornton Wilder
depictedAs quintessential American community
small town
fictionalCounty Sutton County
firstAppearance Our Town
linked to: Our Town (play)
governedBy Board of Selectmen
hasCemeteryName Gibbs Memorial Cemetery
hasCharacterLivingIn Dr. Gibbs
Emily Webb
George Gibbs
Mr. Webb
Mrs. Gibbs
Mrs. Webb
linked to: Emily Webb
hasFeature Main Street
cemetery
farms
hills
hasInstitution First Congregational Church
Grover's Corners High School
Methodist Church
railroad station
town hall
hasMinorityGroup Polish Catholics
hasNarrativeRole illustrates death
illustrates everyday life
illustrates marriage
hasNewspaper Grover's Corners Sentinel
hasReligion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Protestantism
hasSchool Grover's Corners High School
hasStageManagerDescription ordinary town in northern New Hampshire
hasStateExaminerVisit Professor Willard
languageOfDepiction English
locatedIn New England
New Hampshire
medium theatre
nearRiver Pocumtuck River
population about 2642
populationCensusYear 1901
timeSettingEnd 1913
timeSettingStart 1901
usedAs symbol of typical American town
workPublicationYear 1938

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Referenced by (3)

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

Our Town setting Grover's Corners
Our Town setting Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire
subject linked to: Our Town (play)
linked to: Grover's Corners
Stage Manager (Our Town) settingDescribed Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire
subject linked to: Stage Manager
linked to: Grover's Corners