Woodsboro, California

Woodsboro is a small, fictional town in the Scream series located in California, United States. It has at least three known small street names, Turner Lane, Whispering Lane and Elm Street.

Northern California (original film), Michigan (fourth film) and North Carolina (fifth film) were used as location spots to depict the fictional town.

Current Residents (as of Scream 5)

 * Martha Meeks
 * Mindy Meeks-Martin
 * Chad Meeks-Martin
 * Deputy Vinson
 * Deputy Farney
 * Frances
 * Deputy Jenkins (in absentia, since Scream 4)
 * Mr. Baker
 * Dr. Danny Orth
 * Mr. Becker and Mrs. Becker (in absentia, since Scream)
 * Hank Loomis (in absentia, since Scream)
 * Girl in Bathroom (in absentia, since Scream)
 * Cheerleader in Bathroom (in absentia, since Scream)
 * Sheriff Burke (in absentia since Scream 3)

Mention-Only/Unseen Residents (as of Scream 5)

 * Macher parents (mentioned in Scream)
 * McKenzie family (mentioned in Scream)
 * Mrs. Meeks (mentioned in Scream 2)
 * Karen Kolchak (mentioned in Scream 3)
 * Olivia Morris' mother (mentioned in Scream 4)
 * Mr. Morris (mentioned in Easter egg, Scream 5)
 * Christina Carpenter (mentioned in Scream 5)
 * Leslie Macher (mentioned in Scream 5)
 * Freeman parents (mentioned in Scream 5)

Deceased
In chronological order (as of Scream 5):
 * Maureen Prescott † (1950—1995)
 * Steven Orth † (1978—1996)
 * Casey Becker † (1979—1996)
 * Arthur Himbry † (1946—1996)
 * Tatum Riley † (1979—1996)
 * Stu Macher † (1978—1996)
 * Billy Loomis † (1978—1996)
 * Randy Meeks † (1978—1998)
 * Jenny Randall † (1994—2011)
 * Marnie Cooper † (1994—2011)
 * Olivia Morris † (1994—2011)
 * Deputy Anthony Perkins † (1970s—2011)
 * Deputy Hoss † (1986—2011)
 * Kate Roberts † (1955—2011)
 * Robbie Mercer † (1993—2011)
 * Trevor Sheldon † (1993—2011)
 * Charlie Walker † (1993—2011)
 * Jill Roberts † (1994—2011)
 * Vince Schneider † (1999—2021)
 * Judy Hicks † (1979—2021)
 * Dewey Riley † (1971—2021)
 * Wes Hicks † (2003—2021)
 * Deputy Keith † (1970s—2021)
 * Liv McKenzie † (2003—2021)
 * Amber Freeman † (2003—2021)

Former residents

 * Nancy Loomis † (Relocated in 1995, died 1998)
 * Sidney Prescott † (moved to Ohio in 1997, later to Montero in 1998)
 * Cotton Weary (Relocated after 1996 exoneration, died 2000)
 * Kirby Reed (Relocated to an unknown location between 2011 and 2021)
 * Gale Weathers (Returned to New York City between 2011 and 2021)
 * Samantha Carpenter (Moved to Modesto in 2016)
 * Tara Carpenter (Declared relocation after the 2021 murders)

Visits (in chronological order):

 * Roman Bridger † (1970—2000) (Visited in 1995)
 * Kenny Brown † (1960s—1996) (Visited in 1996, died)
 * Rebecca Walters † (1980s—2011) (Visited in 2011, died)
 * Richie Kirsch † (1994—2021) (Visited in 2021, died)

Places in Woodsboro

 * Woodsboro High School - this is where various students and most of the victims of the three Woodsboro massacres have attended.
 * The first massacre had two teenage survivors, Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks.
 * The second massacre had only a sole survivor, Kirby Reed.
 * By 2011, there is a memorial stand where a status of Principal Himbry stands in the hallway very close to Jill's locker.
 * The third massacre had three survivors, Tara Carpenter and the Meeks-Martin twins, Chad and Mindy.


 * Woodsboro Police - This is where Sheriff Burke, Sheriff Dewey Riley, Sheriff Judy Hicks, Detective Anthony Perkins, and Deputy Deputy Hoss worked. In the original, Gale and her cameraman, Kenny, visit here after Sidney brought here accompanied by Dewey and Tatum after her attack.


 * Woodsboro Hospital - Seen in Scream 4 and Scream 5. There are numerous scenes here. After Olivia's death, Jill and Sidney are taken here for their injuries. Rebecca is fired by Sidney for her insensitive attitude towards the reality of her life and killed in the hospital parking structure later. In the finale where Gale, Dewey, Gale and Judy fight off Jill and defeat her. Tara is attacked in the sequel, and Dewey dies in the same hospital.


 * Woodsboro Town Square


 * 34 Elm Street, the former Prescott Residence - She lived there with her parents. After 1995, just with her father after her mother Maureen Prescott was killed. In her room, it's starting to storm and she checks the window to Billy scaring her. She lets him in, but her father checks on her her due to Billy scaring her. Sidney waits for Tatum, and then called and attacked by Stu in the Ghostface costume. She is later staying with Tatum and Dewey at their house until her father returns from his business trip.


 * The 1996 Riley Residence - Mrs. Riley, Dewey and Tatum reside there. After Sidney is attacked in 1996, she stays with them until her father returns from his business trip. They have a second bed set up for when Sidney comes over. It is unknown if Dewey took over the house or got his own during 2011 with Gale.


 * 261 Turner Lane — the former Macher family residence, later the Freeman family residence. In 1996, Stu has a party, but the curfew ends it as well as the discovery of principal himbry at Woodsboro High School which the remaining drunk teenaged guys leave the party to check it out. The first massacre ends with Tatum and Kenny dead, and Sidney, Dewey, Neil and Gale surviving. The Macher family has since moved out. In 2021, it becomes Amber's house and she become obsessed with the history of the house and plans a murdering spree. She has a party just like Stu, but formally ends it to continue the rest of her murder spree with Richie. The third massacre end with Liv dead, however Chad, Mindy, Sidney, Gale, Sam and Tara survive.


 * Roberts Residence (2011) - Jill and her mother reside. Sidney is invited to stay with them on her book tour. Sidney looks around and sees the pictures of her mom and shows them to Rebecca and she converses with Jill and her aunt, Kate. Later, Kate is killed on her own residence by her daughter in the ghostface costume. As Judy comes and investigates Kate's murder, she leaves the scene of the crime to go search for Jill.


 * Olivia's House - Olivia resides with her mother and they live next door to Jill. Her and Jill would often chat across the way as they can see each other through their bedroom windows. She is home alone while her mother is at her boyfriends house and she is killed by Charlie in the ghostface costume in her bedroom as Kirby and Jill watch in horror. Sidney breaks in to attempt to save her, only to find her brutally mutilated and then attacked by Ghostface himself which she fends off well before the cops get there. Trevor and Kirby come and take Jill over to the ambulances as the cops search and investigate the Morris's Residence. Another night, Jill and Kirby talk on the phone and Jill says Olivia's window to her room is all boarded up as she views from her room.


 * Kirby's House - 329 Whispering Lane. Her parents were gone and she decided to go to Jill's house with chinese food so she wouldn't be alone due to the murders of their fellow classmates, Jenny and Marnie. In 2011, The second half of the second massacre errupts here leaving Robbie and Trevor dead and Kirby and Sidney mortally injured.


 * Carpenter House - Christina and her daughter, Tara reside there. Sam resided there until her 18th birthday and left town. While their mother was out of town during 2021, Tara was attacked by ghostface and survived with multiple injures. The police come in time before they could kill her.


 * Martha's House - Martha resides with her teenage kids, Mindy and Chad. They have a shrine of their uncle, Randy Meeks. This is where they discuss the attack and Mindy appears to be like her uncle discovering that everything that's occurring is a requel.


 * Video store - This is where Randy and Karen Kolchak worked. Tatum was going to the video store to get a movie with Tom Cruise during 1996. Another day in 1996, This is where Billy and Stu antagonized Randy while he worked.


 * Various locations: Grocery stores, A community park, A coffee shop, "Mom and Pop shops" and the infamous Towns Square.


 * Fort Dillon Road - An abandoned farm where the third annual Stab-a-thon took place in 2011.

Trivia

 * Inspired by the "Texarkana" region between Arkansas and Texas in the Spring of 1946 where the Texarkana Moonlight Murders occurred, despite its California location.
 * The 707 area code is for Sonoma County, where the original movie was filmed.
 * The original film was supposed to be filmed in North Carolina, where the fifth film was filmed.
 * Other geographical references: The beer shown during the party scenes is Racer 5, made by Bear Republic brewing company, which is based in Sonoma County, while an Oakland A's baseball cap and a Grand Lake theater picture (also in Oakland) are displayed in Judy Hicks' house.