In the long-running TV show “The Simpsons,” Springfield and Shelbyville are twin cities, located right next to each other in the unnamed state in which the show takes place.

You may not know how the town of Springfield, home to the Simpsons, was founded. In the late 1790s Jebediah Springfield and his partner Shelbyville Manhattan led a group of pioneers across the ...

The Simpsons: 10 Best Nameless Characters. 6. Shelby's Dad FOX. The rivalry between Springfield and Shelbyville is a long and bitter one, seemingly founded on the legality of marrying your cousins.

‘The Simpsons’ Bombshell: ... Groening declined to elaborate whether this means that Shelbyville is actually Eugene, Ore., or if Capital City is, in fact, a stand-in for Salem.