To no Portlander's surprise, Matt Groening reveals that the Springfield in The Simpsons, was named after Springfield Oregon.
Just like Reverend Lovejoy was named after Lovejoy Street, Montgomery Burns is a derivative of Montgomery Ward department stores and Burnside Street, Ned Flanders was named after Flanders Street, Mayor Quimby was named after Quimby Street, and the Springfield nuclear power plant was modeled after the Trojan's two cooling towers.
Nelson just echoed, "Ha, ha!"
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