The actor's return to the fictional Connecticut town came eight years after Netflix’s “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” and 17 years since the WB and CW show ended. When the opportunity ...

it is said to be based on Washington and New Milford, Connecticut, small towns about an hour outside of Hartford. Hartford is another major setting in Gilmore Girls, and is not fictional.

Show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has revealed that the town Washington Depot, CT, first inspired Stars Hollow for her. But "Gilmore Girls" super-fan Amy D., who started the site and Facebook feed ...

The Whitakers organized the first festival, previously titled "Gilmore Girls Fan Fest," in 2016 in Washington Depot ... quintessential Connecticut with a weekend of fan fest activities." ...