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Direct evidence:
Only direct evidence is permitted here. Calling upon weather
conditions, accents, local geography etc. doesn't count.
Many of these references appear here on the principle that
you don't give the state after the city if it's the state
you're currently in.
There are many towns with the same name as American states;
for example, there is a Delaware in Arkansas, an Arkansas in
Kentucky and a Kentucky in Illinois. Many more references
(marked with an *asterisk) assume that it is a state which
is being referred to, not some town in another state.
Alabama -- A store in Springfield Mall has things from
this state. [7F22]
-- One of the frat brothers comes from the
Alabama chapter. [8F10]
-- Another state which had its own essay
competition. [8F01]
Alaska -- Krusty's guest brings an Alaskan timberwolf on
his show. [9F05]
-- The family's free trip to any state didn't
include Alaska. [2F08]
California -- Homer and Joey want to go there.* [2F10]
Florida -- The Top Hat Channel is not available in
Florida or Utah. [7F13]
-- The Winfields move there. [9F06]
-- Abe sent the family a postcard from this
state.* [2F06]
Hawaii -- Not within driving distance of Michigan.
[7F16]
-- Horst informs SNPP drunks they'll spend six
weeks at their drying-out facility in Hawaii.
[8F09]
-- Homer wants to take the whole family there.
[9F17]
-- The family's free trip to any state didn't
include Hawaii. [2F08]
Illinois -- David Tamkin notes that Springfield is not the
state capital [7F01]
-- David Tamkin also notes that the driver's
license agency of Illinois is not called 'DMV'
[7F15]
-- It's "nowhere near" Chicago. [3F20]
Iowa -- Bart & Lisa's aptitude tests were graded in
this state. [8F15]
Louisiana -- Mt. Splashmore services the tri-county area.
[7F18]
Chief Wiggum located a hole-digger in
Shreveport [8F11]
Maryland -- Milhouse has a Krusty trading card showing
Krusty visiting relatives in Annapolis,
Maryland. [1F04]
Massachusetts
-- [3F08]: "Go back to Massachusetts, pinko!"
Michigan -- in [7F16], they drive home, passing a sign
that says, "You are leaving Michigan".
-- The Box factory boxes are not assembled in
Springfield, but in Flint, Michigan. [1F11]
Minnesota -- Another state which had its own essay
competition. [8F01]
Mississippi - Krusty started out as a street mime in Tupelo.
[7G12]
-- Boy sales are only legal in Springfield and
Mississippi. [3G03]
Missouri -- Marge mentions the bowling museum in "Saint
Looee, Missouri" [7F15] {David Tamkin}
-- Abe mentions this state, [2F06]
New Jersey -- Leon says "I'm a bricklayer from Paterson,
New Jersey." [7F24]
New York -- Another state which had its own essay
competition. [8F01]
Ohio -- There are no Kwik-E-Marts in Ohio. [1F10]
Texas -- Bea says, "I'm haunting a family in Texas"
[7F17]
-- Slant drilling is illegal in Texas [2F16]
{Brian Phillips}
-- "No jury in the world's going to convict a
baby. Mmm...maybe Texas."* [2F20]
Utah -- The Top Hat Channel is not available in
Florida or Utah. [7F13]
-- Bart races Milhouse to Utah.* [2F11]
Washington D.C.
-- An executive at the Malibu Stacey factory
calls in a favour from Washington. [1F12]
-- Springfield is represented by a Senator.
[2F11]
West Virginia
-- Lisa wails for the West Virginia coal-miner.
[7G06]
Wisconsin -- Nelson remarks that a field looks "Awful! It
looks like Wisconsin!" [EABF16] ********
Østergaard}
Episode 8F01, "Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington", contains what
was noted by Andreas Hagen to be the first piece of direct
evidence point TOWARDS Springfield's placement in a state
rather than AGAINST (as with all the evidence above).
In this episode, Springfield's congressman, Bob Arnold, is
approached by two different shady corporate types and
offered bribes - firstly to cut down Springfield's National
Forest, and secondly, later in the episode, to drill for
oil on Mount Rushmore (specifically, Teddy Roosevelt's
head). Mount Rushmore, SOUTH DAKOTA. This places Springfield
firmly in South Dakota. Or does it? SNPP's episode capsule
for this episode contains more discussion on the subject...
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