Simpsons call Springfield, Vt., home

SPRINGFIELD, Vt., July 10 (UPI) -- Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and all the other Springfield residents live in ... Vermont.

By popular online voting, Springfield, Vt., population 9,300, will host the official "The Simpsons Movie" premiere -- complete with yellow carpet -- at its own Springfield Movie Theater July 21, USA Today reported Tuesday.

"We're so excited," said Patricia Chaffee, vice president of the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce. "We came in at the last minute, and for us to win, we feel like the underdogs, which makes this so big and so great for us."

Fourteen Springfields across the United States participated in the 20th Century Fox-sponsored competition to prove why their town should be chosen as the "real" Springfield for the fictious family. Each submitted a video posted on USA Today's Web site and readers voted for their favorite. Voting ended Monday.

The 13 other Springfields don't need to have a cow. They'll each be given small screenings of their own the night before the movie's domestic release July 27.