Where is pawnee indiana?

Read Leslie Knope’s final newsletter as head of Pawnee’s Parks and Recreation Department. read more

Pawnee, Indiana is the fictional setting for Parks and Recreation. It is located 90 miles from Indianapolis and 35 miles past Bloomington and is the state's seventh-largest city. Pawnee is a city with low operating costs and a large labor pool. read more

Pawnee, Indiana (/ p ɔː ˈ n iː / paw-NEE) is the fictional city in which the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation is set. Since the show's start in 2009, the city's colorful history and inhabitants have been the joke or focal point for many episodes. read more

I tend to think of Pawnee as a stereotype of all corners of Indiana through the prism of Hollywood. The city they describe as Pawnee, does not really exist in SW Indiana. I think of Pawnee as some kind of blend of Terre Haute, Muncie, and Lafayette, moved to the geographic setting of Bedford. read more