In The Blair Witch Project, what Maryland town is associated with the film’s legend?

In The Blair Witch Project, the Maryland town associated with the film’s legend is Burkittsville.

The 1999 film follows three student filmmakers who enter nearby woods while investigating stories about a mysterious figure called the Blair Witch. The town serves as the expedition’s starting point and as a source of local history, including accounts of disappearances and strange events.

Burkittsville was known as Blair before 1824, but the filmmakers used its modern name in the story. The production’s marketing deliberately presented the fictional events as real, helping create widespread public interest before release. The film’s handheld footage and improvised performances strengthened that illusion.

The town is sometimes confused with Blair, the fictional name used in the legend, or with real Maryland cities such as Frederick and Hagerstown. The woods in the movie were filmed in Maryland, but the supernatural history itself is fictional.