In Stephen King’s novel 'Salem’s Lot, the Maine town where the story takes place is Jerusalem’s Lot.
The novel’s title is an abbreviated form of the town’s name, with the apostrophes reflecting the common local usage “‘Salem’s Lot.” King published the vampire novel in 1975, making it his second published novel after Carrie.
Jerusalem’s Lot is a fictional community in Maine that becomes the center of a vampire outbreak after the arrival of Kurt Barlow. Ben Mears, the protagonist, returns to the town and investigates its increasingly disturbing events. The setting connects the book to King’s wider fictional geography of Maine.
Readers sometimes confuse Jerusalem’s Lot with Castle Rock, Derry, or Haven, other fictional Maine locations used in King’s stories. Jerusalem’s Lot also appears in King’s short fiction, including the story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” which serves as a related piece rather than a retelling of the novel.