Haddonfield (Halloween)

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Haddonfield, Illinois is a fictional city located in real-life Livingston County, Illinois and is the principal setting for the Halloween motion picture saga. The city receives its name from Haddonfield, New Jersey, where Halloween and Halloween II co-writer and co-producer Debra Hill was born. Because of the financial success and fan interest in the Halloween film series, Haddonfield has become a familiar and favored example of a typical American, suburban/rural setting.

1 Geographic Location
2 Education
3 Trivia
4 Landmarks
5 External links

[edit] Geographic Location

Haddonfield, Illinois is located on its principal thoroughfare of Illinois Route 410, also known as Old Illinois Route 66. It is 3.5 miles northeast of the county seat of Pontiac, Illinois and 15 miles southwest of Dwight, Illinois. The city has access to Interstate 55 via Rural Road E. 2125.

Haddonfield is 93 miles southwest from Chicago, Illinois, 61 miles southwest from Langdon, Illinois, 108.3 miles northeast from the Capital City of Springfield, Illinois, 150 miles east-northeast from Smith's Grove, Illinois, and 322 miles north from Ridgemont, Illinois.

The Location of Haddonfield in the films is never clearly stated. But clues from the various installments have lead to one specific conclusion as to a more probable real location.

[edit] Education

Haddonfield is served by Haddonfield Elementary School, Haddonfield Middle School, Haddonfield High School, Haddonfield Junior College and Haddonfield University. H.U. is a state and locally funded university specializing in literature education, medicine, philosophy, psychology, and religion.

[edit] Trivia

Horror Punk band Wednesday 13 released a song named "Haddonfield" with references to the location of Haddonfield in Halloween. This song was released on his cd "Fang Bang"

[edit] Landmarks

Haddonfield is known for its expanding Haddonfield Memorial Park Cemetery. Shaded by native Evergreen and introduced Arecaceae, it is one of Illinois’ cleanest and best laid out cemeteries.

Haddonfield’s Historic Downtown, known locally as the Town Square, boasts many specialty shops and period restaurants.

Closed down in the early 1970’s, the Lost River Drive-In, named for the city’s southbound river, was a popular gathering site for teens and adults. It was famous for the re-showing of classic films, one of many being Psycho.^{[original research?]}

Haddonfield Memorial Hospital is a large general hospital which was the site of a climatic showdown of Dr. Samuel J. Loomis and Laurie Strode against now-serial killer Michael Myers. On its campus is the nearby Haddonfield Children's Clinic where a nine-year-old Jamie Lloyd was being treated for trauma.

The Old Myers House is a two-storey white-washed Victorian house located at 45 Lampkin Lane in the north-west section of the city. The north-west section is known best for its quality-built residences located on the well-kept tree-lined Orange Grove Boulevard.