Thanks everyone for your thoughts.
Artemis, I agree in principle that reality is better than making something up. However, I don't want to use a real place name because that pinpoints the location of Smallville. I have never been to Kansas, and if I get too specific, I'm probably going to run into trouble by mentioning something that simply isn't factual.
I think I'll use Granville because that sounds reasonable to me, although I loved Nan's Rattlesnake Bend!!
Corrina.
