The following is a List of Fictional Cities on Earth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Gulmira, Afghanistan | The village of Gulmira was created as part of the Retcon to Iron Man's origin, as the birthplace of Ho Yinsen. In the comics, Yinsen was Chinese, and Tony Stark became Iron Man during the Vietnam War; though later it was retconned to the Gulf War. In the film Iron Man, Tony Stark's origin as Iron Man was retconned to Afghanistan, as director Jon Favreau did not wish to make the film a period piece but instead give it a realistic contemporary look. | |
Porto Verde, Brazil | Porto Verde, meaning "Port Green" in Portuguese, is inspired around real-life Rio de Janeiro, with the Rocinha Favela as a setting. Pingo Doce soda is made in this city. | |
Willowdale, Virginia | The fictional city of Willowdale, Virginia, which is home to Culver University, shares the same name as a historic home in Virginia, an unincorporated community in West Virginia, and a neighbourhood in Toronto (the city where most of the scenes for The Incredible Hulk were actually filmed). | |
Puente Antiguo, New Mexico | The city of Puente Antiguo, meaning "Ancient Bridge" in Spanish, was designed to echo the entrance of Bifrost Bridge as entrance to Asgard. The layout of the Bifrost Bridge is that it served as long bridge that culminated in the Hall of Asgard, while Puente Antiguo was designed with a long street that came from the desert and lead to Smith Motors, the building used by Jane Foster as her laboratory. | |
Wheaton, New Jersey | The fictional city of Wheaton was created in the Marvel Comics as the location of Camp Lehigh, the base where the United States Army planted their operative Steven Rogers, secretly the super-soldier Captain America, when not on missions. | |
Rose Hill, Tennessee | The scenes from Iron Man 3 set in Rose Hill, Tennessee were actually filmed in Rose Hill, North Carolina. | |
Zloda, Belarus | The fictional city of Zloda was shot on the Little Europe set on the back lot of Universal Studios Hollywood. | |
Wrigley, Pennsylvania | One of Wrigley's main settings, the barn used in the scene where Frank Whalen's body was found, is known as the "Pee-Wee Barn", as it was constructed for the comedy Big Top Pee-wee in 1985 inside Disney's Golden Oak Ranch, in Newhall, California. | |
Batesville, Utah | Though Batesville, Utah is a fictional town, in 1852, the settlements of Grantsville, Batesville, and Pine Canyon were established in Tooele County county, Utah.
Disney's Golden Oak Ranch in Newhall, California, served as the filming location for the streets of Batesville, in their modern Residential Street set, that features 14 homes, in different architectural styles, ranging from Southern Colonial to English Tudor. | |
Laura Creek, Australia | Laura Creek is a fictional location in Western Australia. Its main point of interest is Laura Creek Station, which serves as a back up to the relay station at Kaena Point Air Force Base in Oahu, Hawaii. | |
Novi Grad, Sokovia | Novi Grad is the capital city of Sokovia, the fictional Eastern European country where Pietro and Wanda Maximoff originate and where Ultron later settles as his base. The whole city is later lifted with an anti-gravitational device with the intent of generating an extinction-level impact event.
The main filming location for Novi Grad was Aosta, Italy. The nearby woods and castle were mostly shot in England. | |
Fagan Corners, Vermont | Fagan Corners is a town in Vermont where Karen Page lived. It was a small town which Page left following a car accident that killed her brother.
Scenes for Fagan Corners were filmed in Windham, New York. | |
Anzhou, China | Anzhou is a fictional town in China, although it does share the name with a real-life town in Anxin County. Madame Gao set up the Hand's Steel Serpent manufacturing operation in Anzhou, using Rand Enterprises resources. | |
Union City, Wyoming | Union City is a town in Wyoming which had been abandoned due to the contamination of its aquifers. Hive used the town as a base of operations. | |
Golden City, Wakanda | Golden City is the capital city of Wakanda, where the royal palace is. | |
River's End, New York | River's End is a small town in upstate New York where the S.H.I.E.L.D. installed a base known as the Lighthouse. | |
Larkville, Ohio | Larkville is a small town in Ohio where Frank Castle and Amy Bendix were attacked and subsequently arrested. | |
Westview, New Jersey | Westview was a suburban town in New Jersey where Vision had bought a property. Overcome with emotions, Wanda Maximoff accidentally cast a spell on the town, taking it over and transforming it into a sitcom world.
The real-world unincorporated community West View, New Jersey is not related to Westview. The name of the town was created since it shares initials with the television series WandaVision, in which is was featured. The "West" part of the name came from Westfield, New Jersey, where Kevin Feige was raised. | |
Eastview, New Jersey | Eastview is a town in New Jersey near Westview. | |
Custer's Grove, Georgia | Custer's Grove is a town in Georgia where John Walker and Lemar Hoskins were raised. | |
Madripoor | Madripoor is an island nation in the Indonesian archipelago which provides a safe haven to criminals. It was run by the Power Broker. | |
Haven Hills, Alabama | Haven Hills is a corporate town in Alabama which in 2050 was completely destroyed by a hurricane, killing everyone living there. |