In Gilmore Girls, the fictional town of Stars Hollow is located in Connecticut.
Stars Hollow is presented as a small New England town where Lorelai and Rory Gilmore live. Its town meetings, festivals, diners, shops, and tightly connected residents provide the setting for much of the series. Connecticut also places the town near Hartford, where Emily and Richard Gilmore live, and near New Haven, where Rory attends Yale.
The series does not identify Stars Hollow as a real municipality. It is a fictional setting created for the show, although its appearance and atmosphere draw on real New England towns. Washington Depot, Connecticut, is widely associated with the inspiration for the town, but it is not the same place as Stars Hollow.
Viewers sometimes confuse the setting with Massachusetts because of the broader New England style. The show consistently establishes Stars Hollow as a Connecticut community.