Virgin River doesn’t exist, but a lot of small towns are very similar in that area. There were certain areas of the County that we didn’t go because of the pot farms, so some aspects are legit. But regardless of what the author says, a lot of the towns spoken of on the show are real. More @Wikipedia
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