In Welcome to Night Vale, what is the fictional desert town called?

In Welcome to Night Vale, the fictional desert town is called Night Vale. The town is the setting, title, and central subject of the supernatural fiction podcast created by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.

The series is presented as community radio broadcasts, with Cecil Baldwin voicing the local host and newscaster Cecil Gershwin Palmer. Each episode reports on bizarre events in and around Night Vale, including supernatural phenomena, strange government activity, mysterious visitors, and impossible changes to everyday life.

Night Vale is deliberately located only vaguely in the American Southwest rather than on a precise real-world map. Its desert setting supports the show’s atmosphere of isolation and conspiracy, while the town’s residents treat paranormal events as routine civic news. Castle Rock, Cicely, and Twin Peaks are also fictional settings from other works: Castle Rock is associated with Stephen King, Cicely with Northern Exposure, and Twin Peaks with the television series of the same name.